VLANs allowed vs VLANs active — cannot pull DHCP over WiFi

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I am trying to set up a new WLAN. Cisco 5508 controller. W2K8R2 for DHCP.
Why would VLAN 600 not appear as active in management domain?

I have an AP (Aironet 1041) assigned to VLAN 600. I am unable to pull a DHCP address over WiFi, although it works fine over ethernet.

The AP is connected to a switch, trunked to another switch, trunked to the 5508. All VLANs are allowed on all trunks.

Pastebin link to WAC config

On the switch connected to the AP:

Port        Vlans allowed on trunk  
Gi0/16      1-4094  
Gi0/23      1-4094  
Port        Vlans allowed and active in management domain  
Gi0/16      1,20,80,100,500  
Gi0/23      1,20,80,100,500 

Gi0/16 is connected to the AP. Gi0/23 is the trunk port to the next switch.

Switchport config for AP device:

S03#sh int g0/16 switchport  
Name: Gi0/16  
Switchport: Enabled  
Administrative Mode: trunk  
Operational Mode: trunk  
Administrative Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q  
Operational Trunking Encapsulation: dot1q  
Negotiation of Trunking: Off  
Access Mode VLAN: 1 (default)  
Trunking Native Mode VLAN: 1 (default)  
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: ALL  
Pruning VLANs Enabled: 2-1001  
Capture Mode Disabled  
Capture VLANs Allowed: ALL

Best Answer

Check the output of show vlan.

When a VLAN doesn't show up as active in the management domain, it will almost always be because the VLAN doesn't exist on the switch.

The switch may have a configuration problem with VTP or it may be configured to operate in transparent mode.

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