nosx
join:2004-12-27
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4 edits | reply to Network Guy
Re: CDPIm not arguing with you cramer, im saying that your experience in the past 20 years does not match the experience of others.
Attached is a picture from vmware vsphere 5 running the standard vswitch with CDP information.
CDP is not only useful in a pure cisco network either, plenty of systems have been configured to add value through use of CDP:
C3750-A#show cdp nei g1/0/17 detail
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Device ID: NEMESIS(SYSTEM)
Entry address(es):
IP address: 3.1.0.50
Platform: MEM: All=16382M, Capabilities: Host
Interface: GigabitEthernet1/0/17, Port ID (outgoing port): Intel(R) PRO/1000 EB Network
Holdtime : 29 sec
Version :
CPU:8*586 Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5410 @ 2.33GHz
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790)
DISK INFORMATION:
C:\ : Fixed Disk
D:\ : CDROM Disk
W:\ : Fixed Disk
advertisement version: 2
Management address(es):
In a datacenter with 7000+ hosts you dont have to worry about shutting down a port or tracing a cable to figure out which host and interface its plugged into.
Link layer discovery can be worth its weight in gold from an operational support perspective.
Also, CDP is only locally significant traffic. A CDP frame from a host is not flooded throughout an entire VLAN, so no need to slay another little broadcast "vampire". |
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 PaulgDisplaced YooperPremium
join:2004-03-15
Neenah, WI
kudos:1 | What software are you using for a windows box to speak CDP?
As a VMWare guy, CDP is incredibly useful. |
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cramer
join:2007-04-10
Raleigh, NC
kudos:7 | reply to nosx
All I can say is none of my VMware servers appear in the switch's CDP neighbors. (they've all been boxed for an office move)
Actually, it's multicast -- broadcast for dumber swithces. And it does, indeed, flood through a network that doesn't understand what it is. (esp. for any network set to flood unknown multicast.) |
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PaulgDisplaced YooperPremium
join:2004-03-15
Neenah, WI
kudos:1 | esxcfg-vswitch -B both [VSWITCHNAME] |
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