Cisco Discovery Protocol - Motorola Solutions WiNG 5.2.6 Reference Manual

12.3.12.5 Cisco Discovery Protocol

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Network
The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a proprietary Data Link Layer network protocol implemented in Cisco networking
equipment and used to share information about network devices.
To view an access point's CDP statistics:
1. Select the Statistics
2. Select System
access point for statistical observation.
3. Select Network
4. Select Cisco Discovery
5. The Cisco Discovery Protocol
Capabilities
Device ID
Local Port
Platform
Port ID
TTL
Clear Neighbors
menu from the Web UI.
from the navigation pane (on the left-hand side of the screen), expand the default node and select an
and expand the menu to reveal its sub menu
Protocol.
Figure 12-44 Access Point Network - Cisco Discovery Protocol screen
screen displays the following:
Displays the capabilities code for the device as either Router, Trans Bridge,
Source Route Bridge, Host, IGMP or Repeater.
Displays the configured device ID or name for each device in the table.
Displays the local port name for each CDP capable device.
Displays the model number of the CDP capable device.
Displays the identifier for the local port.
Displays the time to live for each CDP connection.
Select Clear Neighbors
items.
to remove all known CDP neighbors from the table.
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