native vlan

[uraauroow]

does any one please help me why this native vlan 500 is inactive?

interface Port-channel2
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 500
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20,60,500
switchport mode trunk
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 500
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20,60,500
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 2 mode on

interface FastEthernet0/3
switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
switchport trunk native vlan 500
switchport trunk allowed vlan 10,20,60,500
switchport mode trunk
channel-group 2 mode on

interface Vlan500
ip address 172.16.1.1 255.255.255.0




switch3550#sh int f0/3 switchport (or switch3550#sh int f0/1 switchport )

Name: Fa0/3
Switchport: Enabled
Administrative Mode: trunk
Operational Mode: trunk (member of bundle Po2)
Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Operational Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q
Negotiation of Trunking: On
Access Mode VLAN: 1 (default)
Trunking Native Mode VLAN: 500 (Inactive)
Administrative Native VLAN tagging: enabled
Voice VLAN: none
Administrative private-vlan host-association: none
Administrative private-vlan mapping: none
Administrative private-vlan trunk native VLAN: none
Administrative private-vlan trunk Native VLAN tagging: enabled
Administrative private-vlan trunk encapsulation: dot1q
Administrative private-vlan trunk normal VLANs: none
Administrative private-vlan trunk associations: none
Administrative private-vlan trunk mappings: none
Operational private-vlan: none
Trunking VLANs Enabled: 10,20,60,500
Pruning VLANs Enabled: 2-1001
Capture Mode Disabled
Capture VLANs Allowed: ALL
Protected: false
Unknown unicast blocked: disabled
Unknown multicast blocked: disabled
Appliance trust: none

[Fuzz]

Do a show vlan brief command on the switch. Does it list vlan 500? You can set a native vlan and the switch will not create it if it is not already present. You need to create it manually.

[uraauroow]

Thanks allot,
I added manually ant it worked fine