ISDP Global Configuration

To access the ISDP Global Configuration page, click System > Advanced Configuration > ISDP > Global in the navigation menu.

The following table describes the fields available on the page.

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ISDP Global Configuration Fields

Field Description
ISDP Mode Use this field to enable or disable the Industry Standard Discovery Protocol on the switch.
ISDP V2 Mode Use this field to enable or disable the Industry Standard Discovery Protocol v2 on the switch.
Message Interval Specifies the ISDP transmit interval. The range is (5–254). Default value is 30 seconds.
Hold Time Interval The receiving device holds ISDP message during this time period. The range is (10–255). Default value is 180 seconds.
Device ID The Device ID advertised by this device. The format of this Device ID is characterized by the value of Device ID Format object.
Device ID Format Capability Indicates the Device ID format capability of the device.
  • serialNumber: Indicates that the device uses serial number as the format for its Device ID.
  • macAddress: Indicates that the device uses Layer 2 MAC address as the format for its Device ID.
  • other: Indicates that the device uses its platform specific format as the format for its Device ID.
Device ID Format Indicates the Device ID format of the device.
  • serialNumber: Indicates that the value is in the form of an ASCII string containing the device serial number.
  • macAddress: Indicates that the value is in the form of Layer 2 MAC address.
  • other: Indicates that the value is in the form of a platform specific ASCII string containing info that identifies the device. For example: ASCII string contains serialNumber appended/prepended with system name.