Description | This article describes how to enable Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) on FortiSwitch. |
Scope | FortiSwitch. |
Solution |
There may be a situation where it is necessary for FortiSwitch and Cisco Switch to be able to see each other via CDP.
By default, LLDP is enabled on all FortiSwitch ports but if CDP is necessary, this needs to be enabled on top of LLDP: Use the below command to enable CDP:
config switch physical-port edit <port> set cdp-status disable | rx-only | tx-only | tx-rx next |
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