06-12-2008 05:29 AM - edited 03-05-2019 11:35 PM
If I have Spanning Tree enabled and redundant links between switches will sho cdp nei det show all the connected links (even those that are not passing traffic because spanning tree has disabled them)?
06-12-2008 05:32 AM
Yes. Administrative and control plane traffic are still allowed over a "blocked" STP port. This is how trunks and etherchannels maintain their operational readiness when they are configured for dynamic negotiation. Otherwise, the failover time will be considerably longer during an outage.
HTH
Victor
06-12-2008 05:32 AM
Yes, you will see CDP information from both interfaces assuming CDP is enabled globally (or at least on all interfaces involved.)
10-22-2012 01:16 PM
My question is how is this posible?
A blocked port can't send any other packets that BPDUs
CDP packets are an exception to this rule?
Thanks
10-22-2012 01:54 PM
Hello,
A blocked port can't send any other packets that BPDUs
CDP packets are an exception to this rule?
In fact, a blocked port is allowed to send and receive any frames that will be processed by the switch without forwarding the further. Because such frames are never forwarded through a switch, they can not be caught in a switching loop. Think of protocols like CDP, LLDP, VTP, PAgP, LACP, UDLD, even STP. All these protocols can be both sent and received on a blocking port. It is in fact important that sending/receiving, for example, LACP frames is not prohibited on blocking port - otherwise, EtherChannels would cease working in this case.
Best regards,
Peter
10-22-2012 02:04 PM
You're right, this kind of traffic doesn't pass across the switch, then they can't make a loop
Thanks Peter
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