HP Switch A:, Switch B:, Table 13-3.How Devices Handle Incoming CDP Packets

Configuring for Network Management Applications

CDP

Using the example in figure 13-12,the CDP Neighbor table for switches “A” and “B” would appear similar to these:

Switch A:Switch B:

(Note that no CDP devices appear on port B5, which is connected to a device on which CDP is present, but disabled.)

Figure 13-13. Example of Viewable CDP Neighbor Table for Switches “A” and “B” in Figure 13-6

Thus, based on the CDP packets it receives, each CDP device maintains a per­ port data entry for each of its neighbors that are running CDP, but not for other CDP devices that are accessible only through a CDP neighbor. (See the relationship between switches A, B, and C in figure 13-12.) In other words, a CDP device will have data on its immediate CDP neighbors (including those reached through a device that is transparent to CDP), but not to other CDP devices in the network.

Table 13-3. How Devices Handle Incoming CDP Packets

Status of Device Receiving	Action of Receiving Device
a CDP Packet
Running CDP	Stores neighbor data in CDP Neighbor table. Does not forward CDP packet.
CDP Disabled	Drops CDP packet. There is no CDP Neighbor table and no CDP neighbor data is stored.
No CDP Capability	Forwards CDP packet out all ports except the port on which the packet was received.
Router Running CDP	Stores neighbor data in CDP Neighbor table. Does not forward CDP packet.
Router with CDP (1) Disabled	Drops CDP packet.
or (2) Not CDP-Capable

Non-CDP devices (that is, devices that are not capable of running CDP) are transparent to CDP operation. However, an intervening CDP-aware device that is CDP-disabled is not transparent. For example, in figure 13-12(page 13-29), “B”, “D”, and “E” are not CDP neighbors because “D” (the intervening

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