CCNA V2 P1 Managing Your Network Environment

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Managing Your Network Environment
Module 2
Objectives
Upon completing this module, you will be
able to:
Use the command-line interface to accurately determine network operational status and network performance
Manage operating system image files to maintain an accessible operating system file and according to best practices, given a network topology
Use Cisco IOS commands to manage device configuration files to reduce device downtime and according to best practices
Execute an add, move, or change so that the network functions in accordance with the new requirement, given a new network requirement
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4
Discovering Neighbors on the Network
Objectives
Upon completing this lesson, you will be able to:
Determine the host names and addresses of neighboring Cisco devices using CDP, given operational access layer switches and routers
Use information gathered using CDP to create a network map of the environment, given operational access layer switches and routers
Cisco Discovery Protocol
CDP is a proprietary utility that gives you a summary of directly connected switches, routers, and other Cisco devices.
CDP discovers neighboring devices regardless of which protocol suite they are running.
Physical media must support the Subnetwork Access Protocol (SNAP) encapsulation.
Discovering Neighbors with CDP
CDP runs on routers with Cisco IOS®
software Release 10.3 or later and on Cisco switches and hubs.
Summary information
includes:
Device identifiers
Address list
Port identifier
Capabilities list
Platform
Using CDP
Using the show cdp
neighbors Command
Using the show cdp entry Command
Additional CDP Commands
Creating a Network Map
Summary
Cisco Discovery Protocol is an information-gathering tool used by network administrators to get information about directly connected devices.
CDP exchanges hardware and software device information with its directly connected CDP neighbors.
You can enable or disable CDP on a router as a whole or on a port-by-port basis.
Summary (Cont.)
The show cdp neighbors command displays information about a router’s CDP neighbors.
The show cdp entry, show cdp traffic, and show cdp interface commands display detailed CDP information on a Cisco device.
After you use CDP to discover the devices on the internetwork, you should document the network so you understand and can support the network.