Configuring and Viewing ISDP Information
The Industry Standard Discovery Protocol (ISDP) is a proprietary Layer 2 network protocol which inter-
operates with Cisco devices running the
CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol)
. ISDP is used to share
information between neighboring devices. 200 Series software participates in the CDP protocol and is
able to both discover and be discovered by other CDP supporting devices.
The following pages are accessible from this ISDP folder:
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on page 87
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on page 88
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on page 89
ISDP Global Configuration
To access the ISDP Global Configuration page, click
System
>
Advanced Configuration
>
ISDP
>
Global
in the navigation menu.
The following table describes the fields available on the page.
Table 66: ISDP Global Configuration Fields
Field
Description
ISDP Mode
Use this field to enable or disable the Industry Standard Discovery Protocol on
the switch.
ISDP V2 Mode
Use this field to enable or disable the Industry Standard Discovery Protocol v2 on
the switch.
Message Interval
Specifies the ISDP transmit interval. The range is (5–254). Default value is 30
seconds.
Hold Time Interval
The receiving device holds ISDP message during this time period. The range is
(10–255). Default value is 180 seconds.
Device ID
The Device ID advertised by this device. The format of this Device ID is
characterized by the value of Device ID Format object.
Device ID Format Capability
Indicates the Device ID format capability of the device.
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serialNumber—Indicates that the device uses serial number as the format for
its Device ID.
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macAddress—Indicates that the device uses Layer 2 MAC address as the
format for its Device ID.
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other—Indicates that the device uses its platform specific format as the
format for its Device ID.
Device ID Format
Indicates the Device ID format of the device.
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serialNumber—Indicates that the value is in the form of an ASCII string
containing the device serial number.
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macAddress—Indicates that the value is in the form of Layer 2 MAC address.
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other—Indicates that the value is in the form of a platform specific ASCII
string containing info that identifies the device. For example: ASCII string
contains serialNumber appended/prepended with system name.
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