Dell PowerConnect B-FCXs Configuration Manual page 745

System description
The system description is the network entity, which can include information such as the product
name or model number, the version of the system hardware type, the software operating system
level, and the networking software version. The information corresponds to the sysDescr MIB
object in MIB-II.
To advertise the system description, enter a command such as the following.
PowerConnect(config)#lldp advertise system-description ports e 2/4 to 2/12
The system description will appear similar to the following on the remote device, and in the CLI
display output on the Dell PowerConnect device (show lldp local-info).
NOTE
The contents of the show command output will vary depending on which TLVs are configured to be
advertised.
Syntax: [no] lldp advertise system-description ports ethernet <port-list> | all
For <port-list>, specify the ports in one of the following formats:
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You can list all of the ports individually, use the keyword to to specify ranges of ports, or a
combination of both. To apply the configuration to all ports on the device, use the keyword all
instead of listing the ports individually. Note that using the keyword all may cause undesirable
effects on some ports. For example, if you configure all ports to advertise their VLAN name, and
the configuration includes ports that are not members of any VLAN, the system will warn of the
misconfigurations on non-member VLAN ports. The configuration will be applied to all ports,
however, the ports that are not members of any VLAN will not send VLAN name advertisements.
System name
The system name is the system administratively assigned name, taken from the sysName MIB
object in MIB-II. The sysName MIB object corresponds to the name defined with the CLI command
hostname.
By default, the system name is automatically advertised when LLDP is enabled on a global basis.
To disable this advertisement, enter a command such as the following.
PowerConnect(config)#no lldp advertise system-name ports e 2/4 to 2/12
The system name will appear similar to the following on the remote device, and in the CLI display
output on the Dell PowerConnect device (show lldp local-info).
Syntax: [no] lldp advertise system-name ports ethernet <port-list> | all
For <port-list>, specify the ports in one of the following formats:
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