Cisco Discovery Protocol
Cisco Discovery Protocol
Purpose
To enable and configure the Cisco Discovery Protocol, used to discover network topology. When
enabled, the Cisco Discovery Protocol allows Cisco devices to send periodic PDUs about
themselves to neighboring devices. The Cisco Discovery Protocol is also used to manage the Cisco
module of the Convergence End Points (CEP) IP phone detection function described in
"Configuring Convergence End Points (CEP) Phone Detection" on page 25‐39.
Commands
For information about...
show ciscodp
show ciscodp port info
set ciscodp status
set ciscodp timer
set ciscodp holdtime
set ciscodp port
clear ciscodp
show ciscodp
Use this command to display global Cisco Discovery Protocol information.
Syntax
show ciscodp
Parameters
None.
Defaults
None.
Mode
Switch command, Read‐Only.
Example
This example shows how to display Cisco Discovery Protocol information. In this case, defaults
have not been changed:
Matrix>show ciscodp
CiscoDP : Auto
Timer : 60
Holdtime (TTL) : 180
3-8 Discovery Protocols Configuration
show ciscodp
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