Command
VTP Client
Use
This is the legacy way to configure VTP client mode. VTP client mode doesn’t allow to create any VLANs. All VLANs must be learned from a server switch. This prevents the switch from accidently propogating VLANs throughout the network. The other use for this command is to prevent an older switch from wiping out a server’s VLAN database due to it having a higher revision number.
Syntax
Switch(vlan)#vtp client
Example
In the below example we will set SW1 to be a VTP client and add a VLAN to it. Notice the switch rejected the command because it was in VTP client mode at the time.
SW1(vlan)#vtp client Setting device to VTP CLIENT mode. SW1(vlan)#vlan 66 VLAN 66 added: Name: VLAN0066 SW1(vlan)#exit In CLIENT state, no apply attempted. Exiting…. SW1#