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6.13 CDP
The Cisco Discovery Protocol ( CDP ) is a proprietary data link layer protocol
developed by Cisco. It is used to share information about other directly connected
Cisco equipment, such as the OS version and IP
address
6.13.1 CDP Configuration Device Settings
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CDP Enabled
Enabled the switch will send out CDP information, and will analyze CDP information
received from neighbors.
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Tx Interval(secs)
The switch periodically transmits CDP frames to its neighbours for having the
network discovery information up-to-date. The interval between each CDP frame is
determined by the Tx Interval value. Valid values are restricted to 5 - 32768 seconds.
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Tx Holdtime(secs)
Each CDP frame contains information about how long the information in the CDP
frame shall be considered valid. The holdtime between each CDP frame is
determined by the Tx Holdtime value. Valid values are restricted to 5 - 32768
seconds.