4.3 Configuring VLANs
4.3.5 Configure a VMPS client
To configure dynamic ports on VMPS client set command-based switches, perform the tasks listed in Figure while in privileged mode on the switch. The example shows how to specify the VMPS server, verify the VMPS server specification, and assign dynamic ports. To verify the VMPS configuration, issue the command show port, as shown in Figure . It is important to note that the show port command displays dyn- under the Vlan column of the display when it has not yet been assigned a VLAN for a port.

To configure a Cisco IOS Software-based switch as a client, it is simply a matter of entering the IP address of the switch or the other device acting as the VMPS. An example of this is shown in Figure . To verify the VMPS configuration, issue the command show vmps, as shown in Figure .