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Chapter
2
Enabling the Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) and
Reading Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Packets
Table 12 displays the individual devices and the Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) and Reading
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Packets features they support.
NOTE
On platforms that support the Ethernet Service Instance (ESI) framework: FDP and CDP may be
configured in the default ESI. FDP and CDP are not supported under user-defined ESIs.
This chapter discusses the following features:
• Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) – a protocol used by Brocade devices to advertise
themselves to other Brocade devices.
• Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) – a protocol used by Cisco devices to advertise themselves to
other Cisco devices. Brocade devices use this protocol to learn device and interface
information for Cisco devices in the network.
Using FDP
FDP enables Brocade devices to advertise themselves to other Brocade devices on the network.
When you enable FDP on a Brocade device, the device periodically advertises information including
the following:
TABLE 12 Supported FDP and CDP features
Features
supported Brocade
NetIron XMR
Series Brocade
MLX Series Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
BASE
package Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
ME_PREM
package Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
L3_PREM
package Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Base
package Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Advanced
Services
package
Enabling FDP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Foundry
Discovery
Protocol (FDP) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reading FDP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Cisco Discovery
Protocol (CDP) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Reading
Cisco Discovery
Protocol (CDP) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Displaying FDP
Information Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Displaying CDP
Information Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes