udld doubt

May 31, 2007 1 Replies

Cisco's documentation says "If both fibers are working normally at Layer 1, then UDLD at Layer 2 determines whether those fibers are connected correctly and whether traffic is flowing bidirectionally between the correct neighbors. This check cannot be performed by autonegotiation, because autonegotiation is a Layer 1 feature."



layer 1 determines if there exists a proper physical connection between the 2 communicating devices........right? if there is some problem with either the TX. or RX. fibers,then that will be detected at the physical layer itself......right? then what does udld do? Cisco's documentation says "Layer 2 determines whether those fibers are connected correctly and whether traffic is flowing bidirectionally between the 'correct' neighbors. " what do you mean by correct neighbors



tx1->rx2 tx2->rx3 tx3->rx1

Fibres will be lit, layer 1 assumes to be up, but no traffic can flow, because fibres got mixed up... UDLD will detect this for you!

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