Configuring cdp compatibility, Configuration prerequisites – H3C Technologies H3C S5120 Series Switches User Manual

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To do…

Use the command…

Remarks

Enter Layer 2
Ethernet port
view

interface interface-type
interface-number

Enter Ethernet
port 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.

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

Configuring CDP Compatibility

For detailed information about voice VLAN, see VLAN Configuration in this manual.

To make your device work with Cisco IP phones, you must enable CDP compatibility.

Because 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, disabling your device from differentiating 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. Thus, the voice

traffic is confined in the configured voice VLAN, and differentiated from other types of traffic.

Configuration Prerequisites

Before configuring CDP compatibility, make sure that:

z

LLDP is enabled globally.

z

LLDP is enabled on the port connected to an IP phone and is configured to operate in TxRx mode

on the port.

Configuring CDP Compatibility

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

z

TxRx: The CDP packets can be transmitted and received.

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