Users Guide

Type SubType TLV Description
what LLDP-MED TLVs it
supports
LLDP device class
127 2 Network Policy Indicates the application type,
VLAN ID, Layer 2 Priority, and
DSCP value.
127 3 Location Identication Indicates that the physical
location of the device expressed
in one of three possible formats:
Coordinate Based LCI
Civic Address LCI
Emergency Call Services
ELIN
127 4 Location Identication Indicates power requirements,
priority, and power status.
Inventory Management TLVs Implementation of this set of
TLVs is optional in LLDP-MED
devices. None or all TLVs must
be supported. Dell Networking
OS does not currently support
these TLVs.
127 5 Inventory — Hardware Revision Indicates the hardware revision
of the LLDP-MED device.
127 6 Inventory — Firmware Revision Indicates the rmware revision of
the LLDP-MED device.
127 7 Inventory — Software Revision Indicates the software revision of
the LLDP-MED device.
127 8 Inventory — Serial Number Indicates the device serial
number of the LLDP-MED
device.
127 9 Inventory — Manufacturer
Name
Indicates the manufacturer of
the LLDP-MED device.
127 10 Inventory — Model Name Indicates the model of the LLDP-
MED device.
127 11 Inventory — Asset ID Indicates a user specied device
number to manage inventory.
127 12255 Reserved
LLDP-MED Capabilities TLV
The LLDP-MED capabilities TLV communicates the types of TLVs that the endpoint device and the network connectivity device support.
LLDP-MED network connectivity devices must transmit the Network Policies TLV.
The value of the LLDP-MED capabilities eld in the TLV is a 2–octet bitmap, each bit represents an LLDP-MED capability (as shown in
the following table).
The possible values of the LLDP-MED device type are shown in the following. The Dell Networking system is a network connectivity
device, which is Type 4.
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
425