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General Overview
To enable the GVRP protocol on your network, you must make sure that the switches in
your network are configured with the minimum requirements for each type of switches listed
below:
For the Access Switches at the edge of the network, below are the minimum requirements:
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All of the user VLANs have been created in the VLAN Database.
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The IP address for the Management VLAN has been configured.
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The appropriate Port Type (Access or Trunk) and the PVID have been configured for
all the ports of the switch.
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All the member Trunk ports for all the user VLANs have been configured.
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The GVRP protocol has been globally enabled, and GVRP is locally enabled on the
Trunk Ports as well.
For the Distribution Switches in the core of the network, below are the minimum
requirements:

The Management VLAN has been created in the VLAN Database.
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The IP address for the Management VLAN has been configured.

The appropriate Port Type (Access or Trunk) and the PVID have been configured for
all the ports of the switch.
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The GVRP protocol has been globally enabled and GVRP is locally enabled on the
Trunk Ports as well.
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The Dynamic VLAN Creation feature has been enabled.
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