Collage of Computer Engineering and Science
Internship Final Report
Saudi Electrical Company
Internship advisor:
Dr.Abul Bashar
Submitted by:
Mohammed Al-Rubeh
ID#: 200700284
Submission Date: 29,Aug,2012
1. Execute summary
This report is about to explain what I did and learned during my internship period
with Saudi Electrical Company. As the main purpose of internship is to learn by
working in practical environment and to apply the knowledge acquired during the
studies in a real world scenario in order to tackle the problems using the knowledge
and skill learned during the academic process. I have discussed about every major
aspect of the campus network, which I observed and perceived during my internship
program.
This report is divided in to four sections. Section one will discuss about the
background of Saudi Electrical Company. In section two will get the overall
internship experience of campus network design overview and basic switch
configuration. Section three the overall benefits I gained from during the internship
program. The last section is conclusion and recommendations.
The most important in an internship program is that the student should spend their
time in a true manner and with the spirit to learn practical orientation of theoretical
study framework. This report is about my internship that I have undergone at Saudi
Electrical Company from June – Aug 2012. During my internship I am able to learn
practical aspect of network and get good working experience.
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2. Acknowledgement
The special thank goes to my helpful supervisor Mr. Foad AlBasah Network
Administrator of Saudi Electrical Company. The supervision and support that he gave
truly help the progression and smoothness of the internship program. The cooperation is much indeed appreciated. I expressly sincere thanks to Dr. Abul Bashar
for his help and support and keeping send as instruction about the internship from
begin to end.
Mohammed Al-Rubeh
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Detailed table of contents
Contents
.1
Executive Summary ................................................................................................... 2
.2
Acknowledgement ...................................................................................................... 3
3.
Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5
4.
Company Background .............................................................................................. 6
5.
SWOT Analysis .......................................................................................................... 9
6.
Organizational Marketing Strategy ....................................................................... 10
7.
Organizational Competitive Strategy .................................................................... 11
8.
Job history ................................................................................................................ 12
9. Conceptual framework and Technical part ............................................................. 13
9.1 Hardware overview .............................................................................................. 13
9.2 Campus Hierarchical Network Design Overview ............................................. 15
10. Technical part............................................................................................................ 17
10.1 Network cable ...................................................................................................... 17
10.2 Network utilization ............................................................................................. 18
10.3 Network map ....................................................................................................... 19
11. Evaluation of the internship experience ................................................................ 20
12. Summary of findings and recommendations .......................................................... 21
13. Conclusion ................................................................................................................. 22
14. References .................................................................................................................. 23
15. Appendice .................................................................................................................. 24
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3. Introduction
Prince Mohammed Bin Fahad (PMU) give an opportunity to take summer training in
one of the industrial companies. I did my summer training in Saudi Electricity
Company (SEC) in Western Region Branch from 16th of June to the 16th of August.
The important of this opportunity is to relate between what you studied and the real
thing that is going on. The mission of the company is to provide its customers with
safe and reliable electric services and ensuring optimum utilization of available
resources.
I have been doing my internship in the Saudi Electrical Company. During the first
month internship period from hardware overview study to campus three-layer Cisco
hierarchy model. While in the second month I have spent in the configuration of
distribution switch and access switch.
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4. Company background:
The first SCECO (SCECO-East) was created in 1976 (1396/97 AH). This was
followed in 1979 (1399/1400 AH) by SCECO-South. Electricity for the south west of
the Kingdom is provided by another consolidated company, and the central region is
served by SCECO-Central.
The General Electricity Corporation (GEC) had overall responsibility for the
Kingdom's electricity system and had a direct responsibility for the provision of
electrical supplies to rural areas not then covered by the consolidated companies. The
GEC represented the government equity holdings in all the independent electricity
generating companies and was a source of finance for those companies' capital
requirements.
In 1998, the Government announced the reorganization of the electricity sector by
establishing a stock market company, named the Saudi Electric Company, through the
merger of all the electricity companies operating in the Kingdom.
Saudi Electricity Company (SECO), the Gulf’s largest utility by market value, was
created by the amalgamation of 10 local electricity firms in Saudi Arabia nine years
ago.
SECO has since enjoyed a monopoly on the generation, transmission and distribution
of electricity across the Kingdom, managing 37,000 megawatts of power across some
45 plants. However, that may be set to change. The company, which is currently 80
percent state-owned with a float of 20 percent on the Saudi stock market, is likely to
be divided by 2010, said Abdullah Al Shehri, vice governor for regulatory affairs at
Saudi Arabia’s Electricity and Cogeneration Authority.
The first SCECO (SCECO-East) was created in 1976 (1396/97 AH). This was
followed in 1979 (1399/1400 AH) by SCECO-South. Electricity for the south west of
the Kingdom is provided by another consolidated company, and the central region is
served by SCECO-Central.
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The General Electricity Corporation (GEC) had overall responsibility for the
Kingdom's electricity system and had a direct responsibility for the provision of
electrical supplies to rural areas not then covered by the consolidated companies. The
GEC represented the government equity holdings in all the independent electricity
generating companies and was a source of finance for those companies' capital
requirements.
In 1998, the Government announced the reorganization of the electricity sector by
establishing a stock market company, named the Saudi Electric Company, through the
merger of all the electricity companies operating in the Kingdom To help and improve
the standards of living and enhance the economic competitiveness of Saudi Arabia.
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SEC was incorporated under Royal Decree M/16 in December 1999 in the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The formation of the SEC was the result of the reorganization
and restructuring of the electricity sector in KSA by merging all the former public
utility joint stock companies (10 public companies covering almost the whole
Kingdom) and General Electricity Corporation projects (11 projects covering different
areas in the northern region of the Kingdom) in Saudi Electricity Company. SEC’s
principal activities are the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power.
The company is the major provider of electric power to its consumers all over KSA,
serving governmental, industrial, agricultural, commercial and residential consumers.
In KSA, SEC has the largest installed capacity for power generation plants. As of
December-2005 the aggregate capacity of SEC’s power plants was 29,051 MW. The
Company’s employee strength was at 28,895 as of December 2005.
Vision
 To become a world class utility company in a future competition market.
 Mission
 To provide customers with safe and reliable electricity services
 To meet the expectations of stakeholders
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Mission
 To ensure optimal utilization of available resources.
 Driving capital investment in the electricity sector within the Kingdom to
secure reliable supply.
 Achieve high levels of customer satisfaction
 Prepare the business units for competition market.
 Develop the company’s human resource base through appropriate training
 Support research to improve performance and protect the environment
Organization chart
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5. SWOT analysis
Strengths
Weaknesses
• Strong macroeconomic fundamentals
Large operations under a single entity.
offer good growth prospects.
• Recent power cut in the Central and
• Saudi Arabia has the largest power
Eastern provinces caused heavy losses to
capacity in the GCC region as its share is
industries in Saudi Arabia.
at 48% of the region’s total power
capacity.
• Saudi could be the early beneficiary of
GCC power grid as the country’s grid
will get connected to the regional grid in
the first phase.
• SEC is the largest company in the field
of power generation in the Gulf region.
• SEC’s power capacity accounts for
almost 90% of the total installed capacity
Opportunities
Threats
base in Saudi Arabia.
Scope of competition from the upcoming
• Over the years 2001-2005, despite the
independent power projects.
growth in country’s power generating
• There has to be a successful
capacity, the peak load factor (PLF)
implementation of a planned hiving off of
increased to 92.6% in 2005 from 88.9%
its transmission business under a separate
in 2001, indicating growing demand for
subsidiary.
power in the country.
• Widening of scope of regulations through
• Apart from the hydrocarbon sector,
ECRA.
several other large scale projects are
coming up in Saudi Arabia which offer
good growth potential.
• The company is well positioned to
leverage upon its strong balance sheet.
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6. Organizational marketing strategy
Strong growth in the volume of investments in different sectors of the economy has
seen the demand for power growing constantly in the recent years in Saudi Arabia
which witnessed a growth of 6% per annum in the last few years. The peak demand
grew by about 7% per annum, which is likely to be in double digits over the next few
years. Going forward, in the Kingdom, several large scale projects are coming up in
different sectors valued at billions of dollars and the power and water sectors are the
backbone of any industrial or infrastructure project. We have seen that peak demand
is rising every year on a growing capacity base, therefore, we believe that, going
forward, the country will to focus keenly on expanding its capacity base which should
outpace the growth in demand. Secondly, setting up of GCC power grid will open up
another window of opportunity for the company to expand its business by trading in
power with other GCC countries. In a nutshell, all these factors acting in favor of SEC
offers good growth potential for the company. Hence, we initiate our coverage of SEC
with a ‘BUY’ recommendation.
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7. Organizational competitive strategy
The Saudi Electricity and Co-generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA) recently
launched the Electricity Industry Restructuring Plan (EIRP), an initiative provides
guidelines to move to a more competitive wholesale electricity market in the
kingdom.
SEC recently created the National Grid Company S.A., a wholly owned power
transmission subsidiary, as the first step in a multi-year restructuring of the company.
Within this phase of the restructuring program, SEC will also create and spin off four
generation companies and one Distribution Company.
As part of this effort, Accenture is providing management consulting services, helping
implement and operate a strategic project management capability for SEC that will
identify and manage various projects, and redesign the intercompany processes
needed for SEC and its new operating companies to operate together.
Under the management consulting contract, Accenture is also responsible for
designing and running a change and communication management program, designing
the new organization Unit for Regulatory Affairs and Performance Monitoring, and
for helping SEC define service level agreements that will regulate the interactions
between SEC and its subsidiaries.
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8.
Job history:
Assignment
Time Frame
Find bugs at c# project for data base
Five days
Configure a Switch
two days
Doing troubleshooting report
Five days
Network Utilization using
Three days
“NetFlow Analyzer EE”
Learning how to read network maps.
Three days
Read about switches that I’ve seen on
Five Days
server room.
Learn how install cross and straight
one day
network cable.
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9. Conceptual framework
9.1 Hardware overview
Cisco Catalyst 6500 E
The 15U Rack, 9-slot Cisco Catalyst 6509-E Switch provides high port densities that
are ideal for many wiring closet, distribution, and core network as well as data center
deployments. The Cisco Catalyst 6509-E supports Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series end-toend operational consistency benefits.The Catalyst 6509-E switch is an enhanced
version of the Catalyst 6509 switch. The 9-slothorizontal chassis supports redundant
power supplies, redundant supervisor engines, and slots for up to eight modules .

Supervisor engines

Fast Ethernet modules (with IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet [PoE])

Gigabit Ethernet modules (with IEEE 802.3af PoE)

10 Gigabit Ethernet modules

Flex WAN modules

Shared Port Adaptors/SPA Interface Processors
Cisco Catalyst 4507 E switch
The Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches enable borderless networks, providing highperformance, mobile, and secure user experience through Layer 2-4 switching
investments. It enables security, mobility, application performance, video, and energy
savings over an infrastructure that supports resiliency, virtualization, and automation.
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switches provide borderless performance, scalability, and
services with reduced total cost of ownership and superior investment protection.
Cisco Catalyst 4500 has a centralized forwarding architecture that enables
collaboration,virtualization, and operational manageability through simplified
operations. With forward and backward compatibility spanning multiple generations,
the new Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series provides exceptional investment protection and
deployment flexibility to meet the evolving needs of organizations of all sizes. The
Cisco Catalyst 4500E Series platform has 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) uplinks and
supports PoEP, enabling the customers to future proof their network.
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Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series
The Cisco Catalyst3750 Series is an innovative line of multilayer Fast Ethernet and
Gigabit Ethernet switches featuring Cisco Stack Wise technology that allows
customers to build a unified, highly resilient switching system - one switch at a time.
For midsized organizations and enterprise branch offices, the Cisco Catalyst 3750
Series eases deployment of converged applications and adapts to changing business
needs by providing configuration flexibility, support for converged network patterns,
and automation of intelligent network services configurations. In addition, the Cisco
Catalyst 3750 Series is optimized for high-density Gigabit Ethernet deployments and
includes a diverse range of switches that meet access, aggregation, or small-network
backbone-connectivity requirements.
Twin Gig Converter Module
The Cisco Twin Gig Converter Module converts a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet X2
interface into two Gigabit Ethernet port slots, which can be populated with
appropriate Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) optics, providing a total of 12 wirespeed Gigabit Ethernet ports if used in all 6X2 interface slots. The flexibility provided
by the Twin Gig Converter Module enables customers to aggregate Gigabit Ethernet
and 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN access switches on a single line card
Cisco ASA 5585-X Security Appliance
The ASA 5585-X adaptive security appliance is a 2 RU, two-slot chassis
accommodating up to two AC power supply modules, which also contain the
necessary cooling components for operation, although you can install a fan module in
the second bay. The Security Services Processor (SSP) resides in slot 0 (the bottom
slot) and the optional Intrusion Prevention System Security Services Processor (IPS
SSP) resides in slot 1 (the top slot). All port numbers are numbered from right to left
beginning with 0.
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9.2 Campus Hierarchical Network Design Overview
Cisco introduced the hierarchical design model, which uses a layered approach to
network design in 1999 .The building block components are the access layer, the
distribution layer, and the core (backbone) layer. The principal advantages of this
model are its hierarchical structure and its modularity.
In a hierarchical design, the capacity, features, and functionality of a specific device
are optimized for its position in the network and the role that it plays. This promotes
scalability and stability. The number of flows and their associated bandwidth
requirements increase as they traverse points of aggregation and move up the
hierarchy from access to distribution to core.
Core Layer
In a typical hierarchical model, the individual building blocks are interconnected
using a core layer. The core serves as the backbone for the network,. The core needs
to be fast and extremely resilient because every building block depends on it for
connectivity. Current hardware accelerated systems have the potential to deliver
complex services at wire speed. However, in the core of the network a “less is more”
approach should be taken. A minimal configuration in the core reduces configuration
complexity limiting the possibility for operational error.
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Distribution Layer
The distribution layer aggregates nodes from the access layer, protecting the core
from high-density peering .Additionally, the distribution layer creates a fault
boundary providing a logical isolation point in the event of a failure originating in the
access layer. Typically deployed as a pair of L3 switches, the distribution layer uses
L3 switching for its connectivity to the core of the network and L2 services for its
connectivity to the access layer. Load balancing, Quality of Service (QoS), and ease
of provisioning are key considerations for the distribution layer.
Access Layer
The access layer is the first point of entry into the network for edge devices, end
stations, and IP phones. The switches in the access layer are connected to two
separate distribution layer switches for redundancy. If the connection between the
distribution layer switches is an L3connection, then there are no loops and all uplinks
actively forward traffic.
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10. Technical part
10.1 Network Cable:
Carefully remove the outer jacket of the cable then Inspect the newly revealed wires
for any cuts or scrapes that expose the copper wire inside then Inspect the newly
revealed wires for any cuts or scrapes that expose the copper wire inside then Arrange
the wires based on the wiring specifications you are following :
Cross cable – (from left to right):
 white orange
 orange
 white green
 blue
 white blue
 green
 white brown
 brown
Straight cable - (from left to right):
 white/green
 green
 white/orange
 blue
 white/blue
 orange
 white/brown
 brown
Press all the wires flat and parallel between your thumb and forefinger then Place the
wired plug into the crimping tool.
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10.2 Network utilization:
My supervisor told me that he will give me a task about increasing the Bandwidth
speed on several places like power plants and ware houses which has a single
connection or weak connection and they let me know the steps to do that.
They gave me an excel file that have all the information about each location and my
job to put the weak connection places at one table.
After I know that places that I’m going to work on. I do utilization for each place for
the last month use a program named “NetFlow Analyzer EE“ so I look at each places
bandwidth and see how much percentage they used of it.
after I finished with the utilization , I start reporting about the place that need to
increase their bandwidths.
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10.3 Network Map:
One goal we had with the Network Map was to really reduce the clutter as much as
possible and make it easy to see what's going on at a glance. Once you understand the
way certain conditions and objects are represented, you will be able to quickly see
network issues.

Cloud: The cloud is used in the Hotspot view to represent a network of
devices. This is done to make the network map easier to navigate. Without the
clouds, every device on your network would show and it could take quite a bit
of effort to cycle through all of the devices to find what you are looking for.
When you click a cloud, a pop-up opens that displays the top bandwidth users
in that cloud.

Thick and thin lines: Lines of different thicknesses represent different line
capacities. Thicker lines have a larger capacity.

Yellow line: A yellow line means that the bandwidth for that line is at 50%
capacity.

Red line: A red line means that the bandwidth for that line is at 75% capacity.
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11. Evaluation of the internship experience :
Internship is the beginning of the road that will take me to the point I want to be at
after my graduation. Internship is a practice I need to perform, because it prepares me
for the business life that I aim at.
Practical Skill
The Internship will have the opportunity to connect classroom theory with current
industry challenges, and have exposure to the latest technologies. Opportunities to
converse and interact with a large pool of talented experienced department members
will provide a deeper insight to the overall operation, as well as provide a valuable
pool of resources to assist in completion of internship program. This internship
program was exactly what I needed to nurture the lack of practical skills I had. I
would acquire practical experience to complement the theoretical content of my
studies.
Interpersonal Communication Skill
During my internship period the Interpersonal skills, which are the life skills I use
every day to communicate and interact with other people, individually and in groups
are good for me. Not only how I communicate with others, but also I got confidence
and my ability to listen and understand. Problem solving, decision making and
personal stress management are also considered interpersonal skills. Through this
internship, I found that I matured and I gained many new perspectives, such as
problem solving skill, diversity, effective communication, teamwork and service
recovery, attention to detail, time management, personal empowerment, selfconfidence, responsibility and cultural sensitivity. My supervisor was so kind to
answer with patience and teach me much that made these internships enjoyable. I had
gotten a wonderful internship that spent such a happy moment with all of them.
Though, still have so much to learn, I think this challenge was what should include in
my career. This helped much on my future planning.
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12. Summary of findings and recommendations
The Company computing resources which are shared by research and administrative
communities, these facilities provide a secure, enterprise-wide, reliable, and
redundant infrastructure for the delivery of mission. As per earns observation some
suggestion for the improvement of the situation are given below:
• Cable Management: All data cabling should be under the floor, both ends of the
cable should be labeled and tagged for proper identification.
• The data center hardware identification should be with the appropriate, fully
qualified server names and all equipments within the cabinets if implement in this
way the hardware is easily identifiable.
• The data center should be protected in building grounding and lightning protection
system.
• I strongly recommend that the Company should use licensed antivirus.
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13. Conclusion:
After going through the whole period of internship as an intern I’ve observed so many
professional activities and learnt as well. This internship was very fruitful to me
because I had to cover many different fields. I also learnt new concepts and new ways
of working.
During this internship period I acquired practical experience to complement the
theoretical content of my study for campus Cisco three-layer hierarchical model tasks
and detailed configuration of each layers.
To conclude, I think that this internship was very beneficial to me as I learnt a lot, and
it made me discover work's in a real world.
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14. References:
1. Campus Network for High Availability Design Guide, Cisco Systems, Inc.,
2008.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Campus/HA_recovery
_DG/campusRecovery.html
2. Cisco Aironet 1250 Series Access Point,
http://www.hardware.com/store/cisco/AIR-LAP1252AG-E-K9 8
3. Cisco Networking Academy, CCNA SWITCH Lab Manual Cisco Press, 2011
4. Saudi Electrical Company web site :
http://www.se.com.sa/sec/english/default.htm
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15. Appendices :
Basic Cisco Catalyst Switch Configuration Command :
A .Distribution Switch Configuration
Switch>enable
Switch#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)#hostname DLS
DLS (config)#enable password cisco
DLS (config)#enable secret Cisco
DLS (config)#service password-encryption
DLS (config)#line con
DLS (config)#line console 0
DLS (config-line)#password cisco
DLS (config-line)#login
DLS (config-line)#exit
DLS (config)#line vty 0 4
DLS (config-line)#password cisco
DLS (config-line)#login
DLS (config-line)#exit
DLS (config)#banner motd
DLS (config)#vlan 10
DLS (config-vlan)#name electronicslab
DLS (config-vlan)#vlan 20
DLS (config-vlan)#name controllab
DLS (config)#interface fastEthernet 0/23
DLS (config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
DLS (config-if)#switchport mode trunk
DLS (config)#vtp domain SWLAB
DLS (config)#vtp version 2
DLS (config)#vtp mode server
DLS(config)# interface vlan 1
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DLS(config-if)# ip address 10.1.1.101 255.255.255.0
DLS (config)#ip dhcp pool Mother
DLS (dhcp-config)#network 10.133.0.0 255.255.255.0
DLS (dhcp-config)#default-router 10.133.1.254
DLS (dhcp-config)#ip dhcp pool vlan10
DLS (dhcp-config)#network 10.133.10.1 255.255.255.0
DLS (dhcp-config)#default-router 10.133.10.1
DLS (dhcp-config)#lease 5
DLS (dhcp-config)#ip dhcp pool vlan20
DLS (dhcp-config)#network 10.133.20.1 255.255.255.0
DLS (dhcp-config)#default-router 10.133.20.1
DLS (dhcp-config)#lease 5
B. Access Switch Configuration
Switch>enable
Switch#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)#hostname ASL
ASL(config)#enable password cisco
ASL(config)#enable secret Cisco
ASL(config)#service password-encryption
ASL(config)#line con
ASL(config)#line console 0
ASL(config-line)#password cisco
ASL(config-line)#login
ASL(config-line)#exit
ASL(config)#line vty 0 4
ASL(config-line)#password cisco
ASL(config-line)#loginASL(config-line)#exit
ASL(config)#interface ranage fastEthernet 0/1-12
ASL(config-if)#switchport access vlan 10
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ASL(config-if)#switchport mode access
ASL(config)#interface ranage fastEthernet 0/13-23
ASL(config-if)#switchport access vlan 20
ASL(config-if)#switchport mode access
ASL(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/24
ASL(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
ASL(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
ASL(config)#vtp domain SWLAB
ASL(config)#vtp version 2
ASL(config)#vtp mode clinet
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