
Configuring for Network Management Applications
CDP
General CDP Operation
The switch stores information about adjacent CDP devices in a CDP Neigh
bors Table maintained in the switch’s MIB (Management Information Base).
These data are available to SNMP-based applications designed to read CDP
data from the MIB. For example:
Switch "A"
with CDP Running
• The Neighbors Table in switches "A", "B", and "D"
contain information on switch "C" only because
it is the only neighbor for these switches.
• The Neighbors Table in switch "C" contains
information on switches "A", "B", and "D"
because all of these switches are neighbors of
switch "C".
Note: A given switch’s CDP Neighbors Table
includes data only on neighbor CDP devices, but
not on that switch itself.
CDP Neighbors Table
Switch "C" data
Switch "B"
with CDP Running
CDP Neighbors Table
Switch "C" data
Switch "C"
with CDP Running
CDP Neighbors Table
Switch "A" data
Switch "B" data
Switch "D" data
Switch "D"
with CDP Running
CDP Neighbors Table
Switch "C" data
Figure 14-10. Example of How the Switch Stores Data on Neighbor CDP Devices
Outgoing Packets
A Series 5300XL Switch running CDP periodically transmits a one-hop CDP
packet out each of its ports. This packet contains data describing the switch
and, if the one-hop destination is another device running CDP, the receiving
device stores the sending device’s data in a CDP Neighbors Table. The
receiving device also transmits a similar one-hop CDP packet out each of its
ports to make itself known to other CDP devices to which it is connected.
Thus, each CDP device in the network provides data on itself to the CDP
Neighbors to which it is directly connected. However, there are instances
where a packet is forwarded beyond the immediate neighbor, or simply
dropped.
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