Module 10: Network Management Flashcards
What two protocols can be used for device discovery?
CDP and LLDP
What protocol is used to synchronise time across a network?
NTP
What is the SNMP protocol and what is it used for?
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to manage devices, monitor network performance, find and solve network issues, and plan for network growth.
What is the syslog protocol and what is it used for?
It is a system logging protocol used by devices such as routers, switches, application servers, firewalls and other networking appliances.
It allows these networking devices to send their system messages across the network to a syslog server for analysis.
What is CDP and what is it used for?
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a protocl that can be used to map a network of Cisco devices. It is proprietary and only some other vendors support it.
What is LLDP and what is it used for?
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is a protcol that can be used to map a network of any devices. It is non-proprietary and many vendors support it.
What IOS command is used to verify the status of CDP?
show cdp
What IOS command is used to enable CDP globally for all supported interfaces on a device?
cdp run
What IOS command is used to disable CDP globally for all supported interfaces on a device?
no cdp run
Why should you not allow CPD to run on interfaces connected outside your network, such as the WAN port that connects to the internet?
It is a security concern to broadcast networking information to an insecure network.
What IOS commands are used to disable CDP on the interface G0/0/1?
interface g0/0/1
no cdp enable
What IOS command is used to verify the status of CDP on all interfaces of the device?
show cdp interface
What IOS command is used to verify the status of CDP and display a list of neighbors?
show cdp neighbors
What port of R1 is the device S1 plugged into in the CDP output?
Gig 0/0/1
What port of S1 is the local device R1 plugged into in the CDP output?
Fas 0/5
How can we tell that the device S1 is a switch based on the CDP output?
The capability has an S
indicating it is a switch.
What IOS command can be used to see full details of connected devices using CDP? What important part is not displayed with just show cdp neighbors
?
show cdp neighbors detail
can be used to show full details, including the IP address of the devices.
Why is SSH useful when using CDP to discover devices on a network?
CDP can display the IP address of connected devices, which can then be connected to via SSH and used to further map the network.
Why might you use LLDP rather than CDP to discover network devices?
LLDP is not specific to Cisco devices, so can be used to discover neighboring devices from other vendors.
What IOS commnad is used to enable LLDP?
lldp run
What extra step must you take after enabling LLDP, that isn’t required for CDP?
You must enable both the transmitting and receiving of LLDP packets on interfaces.
What IOS commands are used to enable the transmission of LLDP packets on interface G0/1?
lldp run
interface G0/1
lldp transmit
lldp receive
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What IOS command displays the status of LLDP?
show lldp
What IOS command shows discovered LLDP neighbors?
show lldp neighbors