Administration: Discovery
Discover - LLDP
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Cisco 350, 350X and 550X Series Managed Switches, Firmware Release 2.4, ver 0.4
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Hold Multiplier
—Enter the amount of time that LLDP packets are held before the
packets are discarded, measured in multiples of the TLV Advertise Interval. For
example, if the TLV Advertise Interval is 30 seconds, and the Hold Multiplier is 4, then
the LLDP packets are discarded after 120 seconds.
•
Reinitializing Delay
—Enter the time interval in seconds that passes between disabling
and reinitializing LLDP, following an LLDP enable/disable cycle.
•
Transmit Delay
—Enter the amount of time in seconds that passes between successive
LLDP frame transmissions, due to changes in the LLDP local systems MIB.
•
Chassis ID Advertisement
—Select one of the following options for advertisement in
the LLDP messages:
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MAC Address
—Advertise the MAC address of the device.
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Host Name
—Advertise the host name of the device.
STEP 3
In the
LED-MED Properties Fast Start Repeat Count
field, enter the number of times
LLDP packets are sent when the LLDP-MED Fast Start mechanism is initialized. This occurs
when a new endpoint device links to the device. For a description of LLDP MED, refer to the
LLDP MED Network Policy section.
STEP 4
Click
Apply
. The LLDP properties are added to the Running Configuration file.
Port Settings
The LLDP Port Settings page enables activating LLDP and SNMP notification per port, and
entering the TLVs that are sent in the LLDP PDU.
The LLDP-MED TLVs to be advertised can be selected in the
page,
and the management address TLV of the device may be configured.
To define the LLDP port settings:
STEP 1
Click
Administration
>
Discovery - LLDP
>
Port Settings
.
This page contains the port LLDP information.
STEP 2
Select a port and click
Edit.
This page provides the following fields:
•
Interface
—Select the port to edit (including the OOB port).