TTL
(Time-to-Live) - Specifies the length of time that the receiving device should maintain the
information acquired through LLDP in its MIB.
LLDP overview
LLDP enables a station attached to an IEEE 802 LAN/MAN to advertise its capabilities to, and to
discover, other stations in the same 802 LAN segments.
The information distributed by LLDP (the advertisement) is stored by the receiving device in a
standard Management Information Base (MIB), accessible by a Network Management System (NMS)
using a management protocol such as the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). The
information also can be viewed from the CLI, using
show LLDP
commands.
The following diagram illustrates LLDP connectivity
FIGURE 3
LLDP connectivity
Benefits of LLDP
LLDP provides the following benefits:
• Network Management:
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