Huawei Technologies Proprietary 
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Operation  Command  Description 
Enable NTDP 
globally 
ntdp enable 
Required 
Enter Ethernet port 
view 
interface  interface-type 
interface-number 
— 
Enable NTDP for 
the Ethernet port 
ntdp enable 
Required 
 
1.2.5  Configuring NTDP-related Parameters 
Table 1-6 Configure NTDP parameters 
Operation  Command  Description 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Configure the 
range topology 
information within 
which is to be 
collected 
ntdp hop hop-value 
Optional 
By default, the hop range for 
topology collection is 3 hops  
Configure the hop 
delay to forward 
topology-collection 
request packets 
ntdp timer hop-delay time 
Optional 
By default, the delay of the 
device is 200 ms 
Configure the port 
delay to forward 
topology collection 
request packets 
ntdp timer port-delay time 
Optional 
By default, the port delay is 20 
ms 
Configure the 
interval to collect 
topology 
information 
ntdp timer 
interval-in-minutes 
Optional 
By default, the interval of 
topology collection is 1 minute
Quit system view. 
quit 
— 
Start topology 
information 
collection 
ntdp explore 
Optional 
 
1.2.6  Enabling the Cluster Function 
Table 1-7 Enable the cluster function 
Operation  Command  Description 
Enter system view 
system-view 
—