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CDP and LLDP Protocol Overview

This document summarizes Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), which are Layer 2 protocols that allow network devices to share information with neighboring devices. CDP is Cisco-proprietary while LLDP is an industry standard. Both protocols periodically share device details like name, IP address and type but may pose a security risk, so network administrators must decide whether to use them. The document also provides configuration details for CDP and LLDP.

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CDP and LLDP Protocol Overview

This document summarizes Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), which are Layer 2 protocols that allow network devices to share information with neighboring devices. CDP is Cisco-proprietary while LLDP is an industry standard. Both protocols periodically share device details like name, IP address and type but may pose a security risk, so network administrators must decide whether to use them. The document also provides configuration details for CDP and LLDP.

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CDP LLDP
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Layer 2 discovery protocols

 Layer 2 discovery protocol such as CDP and LLDP share information with and discover information
about neighboring (connected) device.

 The shared information includes host name, IP address, device type, etc…

 CDP is a Cisco proprietary protocol.

 LLDP is an industry standard protocol (IEEE 802.1AB).

 Because they share information about the devices in the network, they can be considered a security
risk and are often not used. It is up to the network engineer/admin to decide if they want to use them
in the network or not.
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Cisco discovery protocol

 CDP is a Cisco proprietary protocol.

 It is enabled on a Cisco devices (routers, switches, firewalls, IP phones, etc…) by default.

 CDP messages are periodically sent to multicast MAC address [Link].

 When a device receives a CDP message, it processes and discards the message. It does not
forward it to other devices. Only the directly connected receive it.

 By default, CDP messages are sent once every 60 seconds.

 By default, the CDP holdtime is 180 seconds. If a message isn’t received from a neighbor for 180
seconds, the neighbor is removed from the CDP neighbor table.

 CDPv2 messages are sent by default. Version 1 is very old you’re probably used it.
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CDP configuration commands

 CDP is globally enabled by default. To enable CDP globally : # CDP run

 CDP is also enabled on each interface by default. To enable CDP on interface :


#CDP enable.

 Configure the CDP timer : # CDP timer seconds.

 Configure the CDP holdtime: # CDP holdtime seconds

 Enable CDPv2: # CDP advertise-v2


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Link Local Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
 LLDP is an industry standard protocol (IEEE 802.1AB).

 It is usually disabled on Cisco devices by default, so it must be manually enabled.

 A device can run CDP and LLDP at the same time.

 LLDP messages are periodically sent to multicast MAC address 0180.c200.000e.

 When a device receives an LLDP message, it processes and discards the message. It does not forward
it to other devices.

 By default, LLDP messages are sent once every 30 seconds.

 By default, the LLDP holdtime is 120 seconds.


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LLDP configuration

 LLDP is usually globally disables by default. To enable # lldp run

 LLDP is also disabled on each interface by default.


 To enable LLDP on specific interfaces (tx): # lldp transmit
 To enable LLDP on specific interfaces (rx): # lldp receive

 Configure the LLDP timer: # lldp timer seconds

 Configure the LLDP holdtime : # lldp holdtime seconds


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