General system information – Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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Configuring LLDP

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Port ID

TTL

The above are mandatory TLVs. For more information, see

“Mandatory TLVs”

on page 257.

When LLDP is enabled on a global basis, the Brocade device will automatically advertise the
following information, except for the features noted:

General system information:

Management address

Port description

System capabilities

System description (not automatically advertised)

System name

802.1 capabilities:

VLAN name (not automatically advertised)

Port and protocol VLAN support

Untagged VLAN ID


Protocol Identity

802.3 capabilities:

Link aggregation information

MAC/PHY configuration and status

Maximum frame size

The above TLVs are described in detail in the following sections.

NOTE

The system description, VLAN name, and power-via-MDI information TLVs are not automatically
enabled. The following sections show how to enable these advertisements.

General system information

Except for the system description, the Brocade device will advertise the following system
information when LLDP is enabled on a global basis:

Management address

Port description

System capabilities

System description (not automatically advertised)

System name

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