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468 FastIron Configuration Guide
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LLDP configuration
System capabilities
The system capabilities TLV identifies the primary functions of the device and indicates whether
these primary functions are enabled. The primary functions can be one or more of the following
(more than one for example, if the device is both a bridge and a router):
• Repeater
• Bridge
• WLAN access point
• Router
• Telephone
• DOCSIS cable device
• Station only (devices that implement end station capability)
• Other
System capabilities for Brocade devices are based on the type of software image in use (e.g., Layer
2 switch or Layer 3 router). The enabled capabilities will be the same as the available capabilities,
except that when using a router image (base or full Layer 3), if the global route-only feature is
turned on, the bridge capability will not be included, since no bridging takes place.
By default, the system capabilities are automatically advertised when LLDP is enabled on a global
basis. To disable this advertisement, enter a command such as the following.
Brocade(config)#no lldp advertise system-capabilities ports e 2/4 to 2/12
The system capabilities will appear similar to the following on the remote device, and in the CLI
display output on the Brocade device (show lldp local-info).
System capabilities : bridge
Enabled capabilities: bridge
Syntax: [no] lldp advertise system-capabilities ports ethernet <port-list> | all
For port-list , specify the ports in one of the following formats:
• FWS, FCX, and ICX stackable switches – stack-unit/slotnum/portnum
• FSX 800 and FSX 1600 chassis devices – slotnum/portnum
• FESX compact switches – portnum
You can list all of the ports individually, use the keyword to to specify ranges of ports, or a
combination of both. To apply the configuration to all ports on the device, use the keyword all
instead of listing the ports individually. Note that using the keyword all may cause undesirable
effects on some ports. For example, if you configure all ports to advertise their VLAN name, and the
configuration includes ports that are not members of any VLAN, the system will warn of the
misconfigurations on non-member VLAN ports. The configuration will be applied to all ports,
however, the ports that are not members of any VLAN will not send VLAN name advertisements.
System description
The system description is the network entity, which can include information such as the product
name or model number, the version of the system hardware type, the software operating system
level, and the networking software version. The information corresponds to the sysDescr MIB
object in MIB-II.
To advertise the system description, enter a command such as the following.