LLDP overview

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Network connectivity device – A forwarding 802 LAN device, such as a router, switch, or wireless access point.

Station – A node in a network.

TLV (Type-Length-Value) – An information element in an LLDPDU that describes the type of information being sent, the length of the information string, and the value (actual information) that will be transmitted.

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.

Figure 11 illustrates LLDP connectivity

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FIGURE 11 LLDP connectivity

port

device

info

 

A19

Switch

xxxx

C2

IP-Phone

xxxx

D2

IP-Phone

xxxx

F3

OP-PBX

xxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

port

device

info

 

A4

IP-Phone

xxxx

 

B6

Switch

xxxx

 

B21

xxxx

I’m a switch

 

 

 

 

 

I’m a switch

I’m a switch

 

I’m a switch

I’m a switch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m an IP Phone

I’m an IP Phone

I’m a PC

 

 

 

 

I’m a PBX

I’m a switch

I’m a switch

I’m an IP Phone

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