Field

Description

 

The device class advertised by the local device:

 

∙ Connectivity device—An intermediate device that provide network

 

connectivity.

 

∙ Class I—A generic endpoint device. All endpoints that require the discovery

 

service of LLDP belong to this category.

Device class

∙ Class II—A media endpoint device. The class II endpoint devices support the

media stream capabilities in addition to the capabilities of generic endpoint

 

 

devices.

 

∙ Class III—A communication endpoint device. The class III endpoint devices

 

directly support end users of the IP communication system. Providing all

 

capabilities of generic and media endpoint devices, Class III endpoint devices

 

are used directly by end users.

 

 

Return to LLDP configuration task list.

Displaying LLDP information received from LLDP neighbors

Select Network LLDP from the navigation tree and click the Neighbor Summary tab to display the LLDP neighbor information, as shown in a.

a.The Neighbor Summary tab

Return to LLDP configuration task list.

LLDP configuration examples

Basic LLDP configuration example

Network requirements

As shown in a, the NMS and Switch A are located in the same Ethernet network. Switch A is connected to a MED device and Switch B through ports GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 and GigabitEthernet 1/0/2, respectively.

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