Chapter 21. Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topic:

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)

Cisco Discovery Protocol

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Caution

Although CDP is necessary for some management applications, CDP should still be disabled in some instances.

Disable CDP globally if

CDP is not required at all.

The device is located in an insecure environment.

Use the command no cdp run to disable CDP globally:

RouterOrSwitch(config)#no cdp run

Disable CDP on any interface if

Management is not being performed.

The switch interface is a nontrunk interface.

The interface is connected to a nontrusted ...

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