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Chapter 23      Configuring CDP
    Monitoring and Maintaining CDP
Monitoring and Maintaining CDP
To monitor and maintain CDP on your device, perform one or more of these tasks, beginning in 
privileged EXEC mode.
Command Description
clear cdp counters Reset the traffic counters to zero.
clear cdp table Delete the CDP table of information about neighbors.
show cdp Display global information, such as frequency of transmissions and the holdtime 
for packets being sent.
show cdp entry
 entry-name 
[protocol
| version]
Display information about a specific neighbor. 
You can enter an asterisk (*) to display all CDP neighbors, or you can enter the 
name of the neighbor about which you want information.
You can also limit the display to information about the protocols enabled on the 
specified neighbor or information about the version of software running on the 
device.
show cdp interface [interface-id] Display information about interfaces where CDP is enabled.
You can limit the display to the interface about which you want information.
show cdp neighbors [interface-id] 
[detail]
Display information about neighbors, including device type, interface type and 
number, holdtime settings, capabilities, platform, and port ID. 
You can limit the display to neighbors on a specific type or number of interface 
or expand the display to provide more detailed information.
show cdp traffic Display CDP counters, including the number of packets sent and received and 
checksum errors.