<s>
A	O
VLAN	B-Protocol
Management	I-Protocol
Policy	I-Protocol
Server	I-Protocol
(	O
VMPS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
network	B-Protocol
switch	I-Protocol
that	O
contains	O
a	O
mapping	O
of	O
device	O
information	O
to	O
VLAN	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
goal	O
of	O
VMPS	O
is	O
VLAN	B-General_Concept
assignment	O
for	O
general	O
network	O
management	O
purposes	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
providing	O
security	O
through	O
segregating	O
clients	O
with	O
an	O
unknown	O
MAC	O
address	O
,	O
or	O
through	O
further	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
protocol	O
to	O
provide	O
login	O
for	O
Cisco	O
ACLs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
last	O
functionality	O
is	O
now	O
deprecated	O
by	O
Cisco	O
,	O
in	O
favour	O
of	O
802.1X	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
VMPS	O
technology	O
is	O
Cisco	O
proprietary	O
,	O
the	O
VLAN	B-General_Concept
assignment	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
carried	O
out	O
in	O
the	O
802.1X	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Client	O
switches	O
query	O
the	O
VMPS	O
server	O
using	O
the	O
VLAN	B-General_Concept
Query	O
Protocol	O
,	O
or	O
VQP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
vmps	O
helps	O
with	O
the	O
dynamic	O
allocation	O
of	O
vlan	B-General_Concept
across	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
