Chapter 11 Register DMPs

Concepts

Understand Medianet Autoconfiguration for DMPs

Some DMP models can use CDP to announce and identify themselves on networks.

NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.2 DMP 4310G

NEW IN CISCO DMS 5.2.3 — DMP 4400G

And you might use Ethernet cables to connect such DMPs to switches where the autoconfiguration (Auto Smartports) features of Medianet are enabled. When you do, these switches recognize from the CDP announcements that the newly connected devices are DMPs.

After recognizing that a DMP is attached to one of its Ethernet ports, the switch can apply to this port a set of built-in configuration macros (Auto Smartports) that are optimized specifically for DMPs. By configuring so many settings automatically, Medianet can accelerate and simplify DMP mass deployments, QoS configuration, and asset tracking. In turn, these simplified deployments can lower your operating costs.

Information That Medianet and DMPs Exchange

Medianet and a DMP can exchange these types of data.

name of the chassis

system name

system object

hardware revision

firmware revision

software revision

serial number

manufacturing name

model name

asset identifier

CDP timeout

VLAN assignment

switch port assignment

switch name and model

switch IP address

location string

If you would like to learn more about Medianet, see http://cisco.com/go/medianet.

 

 

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