Configuring cdp compatibility, Configuration prerequisites – H3C Technologies H3C S10500 Series Switches User Manual

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To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter system view

system-view

Enter Layer 2/Layer
3 Ethernet interface

view

interface interface-type
interface-number

Enter Ethernet
interface view

or port group

view

Enter port group
view

port-group manual port-group-name

Required
Use either command.

Set the encapsulation format for

LLDPDUs to SNAP

lldp encapsulation snap

Required
Ethernet II encapsulation

format applies by default.

NOTE:

LLDP-CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) packets use only SNAP encapsulation.

Configuring CDP compatibility

NOTE:

For more information about voice VLANs, see the chapter “Voice VLAN configuration.”

To make your device work with Cisco IP phones, you must enable CDP compatibility.
If your LLDP-enabled device cannot recognize CDP packets, it does not respond to the requests of Cisco
IP phones for the voice VLAN ID configured on the device. As a result, a requesting Cisco IP phone sends

voice traffic without any tag to your device, and, as a result, your device cannot differentiate the voice

traffic from other types of traffic.
With CDP compatibility enabled, your device can receive and recognize CDP packets from a Cisco IP

phone and respond with CDP packets, which carry the voice VLAN configuration TLVs. According to the

voice VLAN configuration TLVs, the IP phone automatically configures the voice VLAN. As a result, the
voice traffic is confined in the configured voice VLAN, and differentiated from other types of traffic.

Configuration prerequisites

Before you configure CDP compatibility, complete the following tasks:

Globally enable LLDP.

Enable LLDP on the port connecting to an IP phone and configure the port to operate in TxRx mode.

Configuring CDP compatibility

CDP-compatible LLDP operates in one of the follows modes:

TxRx—CDP packets can be transmitted and received.

Disable—CDP packets cannot be transmitted or received.

To make CDP-compatible LLDP take effect on specific ports, first enable CDP-compatible LLDP globally,
and then configure CDP-compatible LLDP to operate in TxRx mode.
Follow these steps to enable LLDP to be compatible with CDP:

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