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Chapter 13
| Basic Administration Protocols
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
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System Capabilities Enabled – The primary function(s) of the system which
are currently enabled. Refer to the preceding table.
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Management Address – The management address associated with the local
system. If no management address is available, the address should be the MAC
address for the CPU or for the port sending this advertisement.
Interface Settings
The attributes listed below apply to both port and trunk interface types. When a
trunk is listed, the descriptions apply to the first port of the trunk.
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Port / Trunk Description – A string that indicates the port or trunk description.
If RFC 2863 is implemented, the ifDescr object should be used for this field.
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Port / Trunk ID – A string that contains the specific identifier for the port or
trunk from which this LLDPDU was transmitted.
Interface Details
The attributes listed below apply to both port and trunk interface types. When a
trunk is listed, the descriptions apply to the first port of the trunk.
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Local Port / Trunk – Local interface on this switch.
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Port / Trunk ID Type – There are several ways in which a port may be identified.
A port ID subtype is used to indicate how the port is being referenced in the
Port ID TLV.
Telephone IETF RFC 2011
DOCSIS cable device IETF RFC 2669 and IETF RFC 2670
End Station Only IETF RFC 2011
Table 27: Port ID Subtype
ID Basis Reference
Interface alias IfAlias (IETF RFC 2863)
Chassis component EntPhysicalAlias when entPhysClass has a value of ‘chassis(3)’ (IETF
RFC 2737)
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)
Table 26: System Capabilities
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ID Basis Reference