Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
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Displaying LLDP
Local Device
Information
Use the Administration > LLDP (Show Local Device Information) page to display
information about the switch, such as its MAC address, chassis ID, management IP
address, and port information.
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
General Settings
◆
Chassis Type
– Identifies the chassis containing the IEEE 802 LAN entity
associated with the transmitting LLDP agent. There are several ways in which a
chassis may be identified and a chassis ID subtype is used to indicate the type
of component being referenced by the chassis ID field.
◆
Chassis ID
– An octet string indicating the specific identifier for the particular
chassis in this system.
◆
System Name
– A string that indicates the system’s administratively assigned
name (see “Displaying System Information” on page 72).
◆
System Description
– A textual description of the network entity. This field is
also displayed by the
show system
command.
◆
System Capabilities Supported
– The capabilities that define the primary
function(s) of the system.
Table 25: Chassis ID Subtype
ID Basis Reference
Chassis component EntPhysicalAlias when entPhysClass has a value of ‘chassis(3)’ (IETF
RFC 2737)
Interface alias IfAlias (IETF RFC 2863)
Port component EntPhysicalAlias when entPhysicalClass has a value ‘port(10)’ or
‘backplane(4)’ (IETF RFC 2737)
MAC address MAC address (IEEE Std 802-2001)
Network address networkAddress
Interface name ifName (IETF RFC 2863)
Locally assigned locally assigned
Table 26: System Capabilities
ID Basis Reference
Other —
Repeater IETF RFC 2108
Bridge IETF RFC 2674
WLAN Access Point IEEE 802.11 MIB
Router IETF RFC 1812
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