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Cisco CCNP Switch 300-115

 Episode 6 : UDLD
 Instructor: Philip Inshanally CCIE#61204
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UDLD

Whenever we have some form of unidirectional traffic occurring on links in our

network, we would want to remedy it immediately. Unidirectional Link Detection
(UDLD) addresses this concern. UDLD is a Layer 2 protocol that detects
unidirectional links.

It is ideal when we are working with fiber connections in our networks and one end
of the link is sending but the other end not receiving it. It can also work on copper
interfaces.
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UDLD

When a unidirectional link is detected, one of 2 modes can be configured:

1. Normal - (default) send additional advertisements and places the port bi-directional state to
“unknown”; this can cause a problem for upper layer protocols.
2. Aggressive – Places the port operational state in “err-disabled” when the link’s bidirectional
state is “unknown”.
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UDLD

1. To verify UDLD settings: switch#show udld

2. To view UDLD neighbors: switch#show udld neighbors

3.To enable UDLD globally switch(config)#udld enable / udld aggressive

4. To enable UDLD per interface: switch(config)#int <port>

switch(config-if)#udld port / udld port aggressive
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UDLD

1. To bring back up all port disabled by UDLD: switch#udld reset

2. To bring back up one port disabled by UDLD: switch(config)#int <port>

switch(config-if)shut
switch(config-if)no shut
Or

3. Bring back up one port disabled by UDLD switch(config)int <port>

switch(config-if)#no udld port
switch(config-if)#udld port
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Video Summary

In today’s lecture, we covered detecting unidirectional link failures in a switched network;

particularly focusing on UDLD. We looked at how we implement UDLD in a switch. Finally, we
did verification with the various show commands.
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Looking Forward

In the next episode,

we’ll dive in to VLANs; particularly, we cover how to configure VLANs at the access port level.