Enable CDP/LLDP Standards on Cisco Devices

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Purpose

Chevron's network team needed dependable visibility into how a large Cisco estate was connected, but turning on the discovery protocols by hand was slow and left inconsistent gaps behind. When devices aren't configured the same way, operations can't trust the picture the network is painting. They needed every device set up identically, across the whole fleet.

Description

We automated the rollout so the same discovery standard applies to every device, without an engineer configuring hosts one at a time. Changes run as a controlled, repeatable deployment that stays auditable and easy to repeat as the estate grows. With consistent discovery in place, the team gets dependable topology visibility and a clear, trustworthy view of how the network is wired. Configuration work stays secure and traceable throughout.

Results

• Fleet-wide

  consistent configuration across the entire Cisco estate

• Hours → minutes

  rollouts that once ran device-by-device now deploy in one pass

• Repeatable

  an auditable pipeline instead of one-off manual sessions

• Zero

  no more manual per-device configuration sessions