Link Layer Discovery Protocol (Lldp); Overview; Commands - Dell Force10 MXL Blade Reference Manual

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)

Overview

The link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) advertises connectivity and management from the local
station to the adjacent stations on an IEEE 802 LAN. LLDP facilitates multi-vendor interoperability by
using standard management tools to discover and make available a physical topology for network
management. The Dell Fore10 operating software (FTOS) implementation of LLDP is based on IEEE
standard 801.1ab.

Commands

This chapter contains the following commands, in addition to the commands in the related section —
LLDP-MED
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The starting point for using LLDP is invoking LLDP with the protocol lldp command in either
CONFIGURATION or INTERFACE mode.
The information distributed by LLDP is stored by its recipients in a standard management information
base (MIB). The information can be accessed by a network management system through a
management protocol such as SNMP.
For details about implementing LLDP/LLDP-MED, refer to the Link Layer Discovery Protocol
chapter of the FTOS Configuration Guide.
Commands.
advertise dot1-tlv
advertise dot3-tlv
advertise management-tlv
clear lldp counters
clear lldp neighbors
debug lldp interface
disable
hello
mode
multiplier
protocol lldp (Configuration)
protocol lldp (Interface)
show lldp neighbors
show lldp statistics
show running-config lldp
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