General System Information - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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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:
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Management address
The management address is an IPv4 address that can be used to manage the device. If no
management address is explicitly configured to be advertised, the Brocade device will use the first
available IPv4 address configured on the following types of interfaces, in the following order of
preference:
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If no IP address is configured, the port's current MAC address will be advertised.
To advertise the IPv4 management address, enter a command such as the following:
BigIron RX(config)#lldp advertise management-address ipv4 209.157.2.1 ports e 1/4
The management address will appear similar to the following on the remote device, and in the CLI
display output on the Brocade device (show lldp local-info).
Syntax: [no] lldp advertise management-address ipv4 <ipv4 address> ports ethernet <port list> |
<ipv4 address> is the address that may be used to reach higher layer entities to assist discovery by
network management. In addition to the management address, the advertisement will include the
system interface number and OID associated with the management address, if either or both are
known.
For <port list>, specify the port(s) in the format [<slotnum>/]<portnum>, where <slotnum> is
required on chassis devices only. You can list all of the ports individually, use the keyword to to
specify a range 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.
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MAC/PHY configuration and status
Maximum frame size
Management address
Port description
System capabilities
System description (not automatically advertised)
System name
Physical port on which LLDP will be transmitting the packet
Loopback interface
Virtual routing interface (VE)
Router interface on a VLAN that the port is a member of
Other physical interface
Management address (IPv4): 209.157.2.1
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