VTP is CISCO proprietary protocol used to maintain consistency throughout the network or user can say that synchronizing the VLAN information in same VTP domain. VTP allows you to add, delete and rename VLANs which is then propagated to other switches in the VTP domain.

What is VTP and why is is used?

VTP is a protocol used to distribute and synchronize identifying information about VLANs configured throughout a switched network. ... VTP enables switched network solutions to scale to large sizes by reducing the network's manual configuration needs.

What is VTP What is the purpose of VTP?

The purpose of VTP is to provide a way to manage Cisco switches as a single group for VLAN configuration purposes. ... For example, if VTP is enabled on Cisco switches, the creation of a new VLAN on one switch makes that VLAN available to all switches within the same VTP management domain.