On Monday, February 27, 2012 03:51:15 PM John Gitau wrote:
> -Disable vtp. Prune manually. 60 is not a large number.
> Just for comparison for one segment of our network we
> have well over 7000 Vlans and yes stp/vtp are disabled.
> We planned it that way.
Sage advice.
VTP is evil.
> -Even if you choose to go L3 end
> to end. I wouldn't advocate for a total stp shutdown as
> has been advised unless you are very sure no one can
> attach a random switch or other bpdu generating device.
> You can start planning the transition though.
If STP is mainly used core-facing, I'd suggest disabling it
there, for those who are running an IP/MPLS Access and
Aggregation network.
Of course, continuining to have STP and/or BPDU filtering on
customer-facing ports is highly advised.
We block Edge ports that receive BPDU's, and we've been
happy. Pain of one
customer is better than pain of many :-).
Mark.