Administration: Discovery
Configuring CDP
Cisco 220 Series Smart Switches Administration Guide Release 1.1.0.x
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Configuring CDP
Similar to LLDP, Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a link layer protocol for directly
connected neighbors to advertise themselves and their capabilities to each other.
Unlike LLDP, CDP is a Cisco proprietary protocol.
This section describes how to configure CDP and includes the following topics:
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Displaying CDP Neighbor Information
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Configuring CDP Properties
Use the CDP Properties page to globally enable CDP on the switch and configure
general CDP parameters.
To define CDP properties:
STEP 1
Click
Administration
>
Discovery CDP
>
Properties
.
STEP 2
Enter the following information:
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CDP Status
—Check
Enable
to globally enable CDP on the switch.
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CDP Frames Handling
—If CDP is disabled, select the action to be taken if a
packet that matches the selected criteria is received:
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Bridging
—(VLAN-aware flooding) Forwards the packet based on the
VLAN.
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Filtering
—Deletes the packet.
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Flooding
—(VLAN-unaware flooding) Forwards incoming CDP packets to
all the ports excluding the ingress ports.
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CDP Voice VLAN Advertisement
—Check
Enable
to enable the switch to
advertise the voice VLAN in CDP on all ports that are CDP-enabled, and are
members of the voice VLAN.