Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration 1.1 DLDP Overview You may have encountered unidirectional links, namely, one-way audio, in networking. When a unidirectional link occurs, 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.
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Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Status Description DHCP sends packets to check whether the link is a unidirectional. Probe It enables the probe sending timer and an echo waiting timer for each target neighbor.
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Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Timer Description When a new neighbor joins, a neighbor entry is created and the corresponding entry aging timer is enabled When an advertisement packet is received from a neighbor, the...
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Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Table 1-3 DLDP operating mode and neighbor entry aging DLDP detects whether The entry aging timer The enhanced DLDP neighbors exist is enabled or not timer is enabled or...
Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Table 1-5 Process received DLDP packets Packet type Processing procedure If this neighbor entry does not exist on the local device, DLDP creates the neighbor entry,...
Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration To ensure unidirectional links can be detected, you must make sure that DLDP is enabled on both sides, and that the interval between sending advertisement packets, authentication mode, and password are consistent on both sides.
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Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Operation Command Description Optional. Set the DLDP handling mode dldp By default, the when an unidirectional link is unidirectional-shutdown handling mode detected { auto | manual } is auto.
Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration 1.2.2 Resetting DLDP State Note: After a port is down due to the detection of unidirectional link, you can use the dldp reset command to restore the DLDP state to perform DLDP detection.
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Operation Manual – DLDP H3C S3600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Note: When two switches are connected through fibers in a crossed way, two or three ports may be in the disable state, and the rest in the inactive state.
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