3Com Switch 7750 Series
Command Reference Guide – DLDP Chapter 1 DLDP Configuration Commands
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When you configure the DLDP authentication mode and authentication password,
make sure the same DLDP authentication mode and password are set for the ports
connecting the local and peer devices. Otherwise, DLDP authentication fails. DLDP
cannot work when DLDP authentication fails.
Related command: dldp unidirectional-shutdown.
Example
# Enable DLDP on the ports connecting two devices. Plaintext authentication is
performed with the password password1.
z Configure 3Com A:
<3ComA> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[3ComA] dldp authentication-mode simple password1
z Configure 3Com B:
<3ComB> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[3ComB] dldp authentication-mode simple password1
1.1.4 dldp interval
Syntax
dldp interval integer
undo dldp interval
View
System view
Parameter
Integer: Interval of sending DLDP packets, in the range of 5 seconds to 100 seconds. It
is 10 seconds by default.
Description
Use the dldp interval command to set the interval of sending advertisement packets
when all the DLDP-enabled ports are in the Advertisement status.
Use the undo dldp interval command to restore the interval to the default value 10
seconds.
By default, the interval of sending advertisement packets is 10 seconds.
Note that:
z The interval you define is applicable to all DLDP-enabled ports.
z The interval must be shorter than one-third of the STP convergence time. If too
long an interval is set, an STP loop may occur before DLDP shuts down