System Management
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The end of a LLDPDU TLV marks the end of the LLDPDU.
The IEEE 802.1ab standard defines a protocol that:
• Advertises connectivity and management information about the local station to adjacent
stations on the same IEEE 802 LAN.
• Receives network management information from adjacent stations on the same IEEE 802
LAN.
• Operates with all IEEE 802 access protocols and network media.
• Establishes a network management information schema and object definitions that are
suitable for storing connection information about adjacent stations.
• Provides compatibility with a number of MIBs as depicted in Figure 10.
Figure 19: LLDP Internal Architecture for a Network Node
Network operators must be able to discover the topology information in order to detect and
address network problems and inconsistencies in the configuration. Moreover, standard-based
tools can address the complex network scenarios where multiple devices from different vendors
are interconnected using Ethernet interfaces.
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