Cisco LLDP for non Cisco neighbor discovery

sh cdp neighbors will show devices running CDP, but to discover non Cisco devices you need to enable Link Layer Discovery Protocol, which is multivendor.

Commands:

test(config)#lldp ?
holdtime Specify the holdtime (in sec) to be sent in packets
reinit Delay (in sec) for LLDP initialization on any interface
run Enable LLDP
timer Specify the rate at which LLDP packets are sent (in sec)
tlv-select Selection of LLDP TLVs to send

test(config)#exit
test#sh lldp ?
entry Information for specific neighbor entry
errors LLDP computational errors and overflows
interface LLDP interface status and configuration
neighbors LLDP neighbor entries
traffic LLDP statistics
| Output modifiers
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