Operation Manual – DLDP
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration
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Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration
When performing DLDP configuration, go to these sections for information you are
interested in:
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Setting the Interval for Sending Advertisement Packets
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Setting the Port Shutdown Mode
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Configuring DLDP Authentication
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Displaying and Maintaining DLDP
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1.1 Overview
A special kind of links, namely, unidirectional links, may occur in a network. When a
unidirectional link appears, the local device can receive packets from the peer device
through the link layer, but the peer device cannot receive packets from the local device.
Unidirectional link can cause problems such as loops in a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
enabled network.
As for fiber links, two kinds of unidirectional links exist. One occurs when fibers are
cross-connected, as shown in
. The other occurs when one end of a fiber is
not connected or one fiber of a fiber pair gets disconnected, as illustrated by the hollow