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What does a client mode switch in a VTP management domain do when it receives a summary advertisement with a revision number higher than its current revision number?

  1. It suspends forwarding until a subset advertisement update arrives.

  2. It issues an advertisement request for new VLAN information.

  3. It increments the revision number and forwards it to other switches.

  4. It deletes the VLANs not included in the summary advertisement.

  5. It issues summary advertisements to advise other switches of status changes.
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Explanation

In a VTP management domain, when a client switch receives a summary advertisement with a higher revision number than its own, it recognizes that its VLAN database is outdated and immediately issues an advertisement request to obtain the new VLAN information from the advertising switch.

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