Management Tlvs - Dell Force10 Z9000 Configuration Manual

Management TLVs

A Management TLV is an Optional TLVs sub-type. This kind of TLV contains essential management
information about the sender. The five types are described in
Organizationally Specific TLVs
Organizationally specific TLVs can be defined by a professional organization or a vendor. They have two
mandatory fields
• Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI)—a unique number assigned by the IEEE to an organization
or vendor.
• OUI Sub-type—These sub-types indicate the kind of information in the following data field. The
sub-types are determined by the owner of the OUI.
Figure 25-3. Organizationally Specific TLV
TLV Type
(127)
7 bits
IEEE Organizationally Specific TLVs
Eight TLV types have been defined by the IEEE 802.1 and 802.3 working groups
part of LLDP; the IEEE OUI is 00-80-C2. You can configure the Dell Force10 system to advertise any or
all of these TLVs.
Table 25-2. Optional TLV Types
Type TLV
Optional TLVs
4 Port description
5 System name
6 System description
7 System capabilities
8 Management address
IEEE 802.1 Organizationally Specific TLVs
127 Port-VLAN ID
(Figure 25-3) in addition to the basic TLV fields
Organizationally
TLV Length
Unique ID
(OUI)
3 octets
9 bits
Description
A user-defined alphanumeric string that describes the port. FTOS does not
currently support this TLV.
A user-defined alphanumeric string that identifies the system.
A user-defined alphanumeric string that describes the system
Identifies the chassis as one or more of the following: repeater, bridge, WLAN
Access Point, Router, Telephone, DOCSIS cable device, end station only, or
other
Indicates the network address of the management interface. FTOS does not
currently support this TLV.
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Table
Organizationally Organizationally Specific
Defined Sub-type Data
1 octet 0 - 507 octets
systems, indicates the untagged VLAN to which a port
25-2.
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(Table 25-2) as a basic
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