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14. LLDP-MED
14.1
Introduction to LLDP-MED
LLDP-MED (Link Layer Discovery Protocol-Media Endpoint Discovery) based on
802.1AB LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) of IEEE. LLDP provides a standard link
layer discovery mode, it sends local device information (including its major capability,
management IP address, device ID and port ID) as TLV (type/length/value) triplets in
LLDPDU (Link Layer Discovery Protocol Data Unit) to the direct connection neighbors.
The device information received by the neighbors will be stored with a standard
management information base (MIB). This allows a network management system to
quickly detect and identify the communication status of the link.
In 802.1AB LLDP, there is no transmission and management about the voice device
information. To deploy and manage voice device expediently, LLDP-MED TLVs provide
multiple information, such as PoE (Power over Ethernet), network policy, and the location
information of the emergent telephone service.
14.2
LLDP-MED Configuration Task Sequence
1. Basic LLDP-MED configuration
Command
Explanation
Port mode
lldp transmit med tlv all
no lldp transmit med tlv all
Configure the specified port
to send all LLDP-MED TLVs.
The no command disables
the function.
lldp transmit med tlv capability
no lldp transmit med tlv capability
Configure the specified port
to
send
LLDP-MED
Capability
TLV.
The
no
command
disables
the
capability.
lldp transmit med tlv networkPolicy
no lldp transmit med tlv networkPolicy
Configure the specified port
to send LLDP-MED Network
Policy TLV. The no command
disables the capability.
lldp transmit med tlv extendPoe
Configure the specified port