Overriding A Cisco Discovery Protocol Configuration - Motorola WiNG 5 System Reference Manual

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5.10.2.11 Overriding a Cisco Discovery Protocol Configuration

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Overriding the 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 override a profile's CDP configuration:
1. Select Devices
2. Select a target device from the Device Browser in the lower, left-hand, side of the UII.
3. Select Profile Overrides
4. Select Network
5. Select Cisco Discovery
6. Enable/disable CDP and set the following timer settings:
Enable CDP
Hold Time
Timer
7. Select the
configuration. Select
from the Configuration tab.
from the Device menu to expand it into sub menu options.
to expand its sub menu options.
Protocol.
Figure 5-142 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 and overrides to the CDP
Reset to revert to the last saved configuration.