Fujitsu BX600 SB9 manual Cisco Discovery Protocol, Configuration of CDP, Check the configuration

White Paper ⏐ Issue: October 2006 ⏐ Integration of BX600 SB9 Switches in Cisco Networks Page 46 / 47

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4.5Cisco Discovery Protocol

4.5.1 Introduction

The Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is intended to provide a way of finding out about the physical cabling of a switch environment. It is often implemented in data center networks to give the administrator additional help with troubleshooting and documentation.

In some situations CDP will be a security issue, since it would also give a hacker interesting information about the network.

4.5.2 Recommended Solution

In normal solutions CDP will not represent a security risk. In high security areas or hosted environments, the administrator may decide to disable CDP. In this case we recommend you to disable CDP at the access ports to the server.

4.5.3 Configuration of CDP

The following steps are necessary to disable CDP at the access ports.

∙Step 1: Configure the SB9

∙Step 2: Check the configuration

Step 1: Configure the SB9

!SB9 CDP configuration

!Disable CDP

interface range 0/1 - 0/10 no cdp run

!

Step 2: Check the configuration

(bx6-sb9-a) #show cdp
Global CDP information		Enable
CDP Admin mode
CDP Hold Time (sec)		180
CDP Transmit Interval (sec)		60
Port	CDP
0/1------	-------
	Disable
0/2	Disable
0/3	Disable
0/4	Disable
0/5	Disable
0/6	Disable
0/7	Disable
0/8	Disable
0/9	Disable
0/10	Disable