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5.3.5.11 Cisco Discovery Protocol Configuration

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Profile Network Configuration
The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a proprietary Data Link Layer protocol implemented in Cisco networking
equipment. It's primarily used to obtain IP addresses of neighboring devices and discover their platform information.
CDP is also used to obtain information about the interfaces the access point uses. CDP runs only over the data link
layer enabling two systems that support different network-layer protocols to learn about each other.
To define the profile's CDP configuration:
1. Select the
2. Select Devices.
3. Select System Profile
4. Expand the
5. Enable/disable CDP and set the following settings:
Enable CDP
Hold Time
Timer
6. Select the
Select Reset
Configuration tab from the Web UI.
from the options on left-hand side of the UI.
Network menu and select
Figure 5-45 Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) screen
Select this option to enable CDP and allow for network address discovery of
Cisco supported devices and operating system version. This setting is
enabled by default.
Set a hold time (in seconds) for the transmission of CDP packets. Set a value
between 10 - 1,800. The default setting is 1,800.
Use the spinner control to set the interval for CDP packet transmissions. The
default setting is 60 seconds.
OK button located at the bottom right of the screen to save the changes to the CDP configuration.
to revert to the last saved configuration.
Cisco Discovery Protocol.