Brocade Communications Systems 6650 manual FDP configuration, Enabling FDP globally

7 FDP Overview

FDP configuration

The following sections describe how to enable Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) and how to change the FDP update and hold timers.

Enabling FDP globally

To enable a Brocade ICX 6650 device to globally send FDP packets, enter the following command at the global CONFIG level of the CLI.

Brocade(config)# fdp run

Syntax: [no] fdp run

The feature is disabled by default.

Enabling FDP at the interface level

By default, FDP is enabled at the interface level after FDP is enabled on the device.

When FDP is enabled globally, you can disable and re-enable FDP on individual ports.

Disable FDP by entering commands such as the following:

Brocade(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1

Brocade(config-if-e10000-1/1/1)# no fdp enable

Enable or repenable FDP by entering commands such as the following:

Brocade(config-if-e10000-1/1/1)# fdp enable

Syntax: [no] fdp enable

Specifying the IP management address to advertise

When FDP is enabled, by default, the Brocade ICX 6650 device advertises one IPv4 address and one IPv6 address to its FDP neighbors. If desired, you can configure the device to advertise only the IPv4 management address or only the IPv6 management address. You can set the configuration globally on a Layer 2 switch, or on an interface on a Layer 3 switch.

For example, to configure a Layer 2 switch to advertise the IPv4 address, enter the following command at the Global CONFIG level of the CLI:

Brocade(config)# fdp advertise ipv4

To configure a Layer 3 switch to advertise the IPv6 address, enter the following command at the Interface level of the CLI:

Brocade(config-if-e10000-1/1/1)# fdp advertise ipv6

Syntax: fdp advertise ipv4 ipv6

Changing the FDP update timer

By default, a Brocade ICX 6650 device enabled for FDP sends an FDP update every 60 seconds. You can change the update timer to a value from 5 – 900 seconds.

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