Dell Force10 TeraScale E Series - Link Layer Detection Protocol (LLDP); Overview; Commands

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Link Layer Detection Protocol (LLDP)
Overview
Link Layer Detection 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 FTOS implementation of LLDP is based on IEEE standard 801.1ab.
The basic LLDP commands are supported by FTOS on all Dell Force10 systems, as indicated by the
characters that appear below each command heading:
• C-Series:
c
• E-Series: e
• S-Series: s
Commands
This chapter contains the following commands, in addition to the commands in the related section —
LLDP-MED Commands.
• advertise dot1-tlv
• advertise dot3-tlv
• advertise management
• 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
The starting point for using LLDP is invoking LLDP with the protocol lldp command in either the
CONFIGURATION or INTERFACE mode.