Connectivity Guide

Optional TLVs
OS10 supports basic TLVs, IEEE 802.1, and 802.3 organizationally-specic TLVs, and TIA-1057 organizationally-specic TLVs. A basic TLV is
an optional TLV sub-type. This kind of TLV contains essential management information about the sender.
A professional organization or vendor denes organizationally-specic TLVs. They have two mandatory elds, in addition to the basic TLV
elds.
Organizationally-specic TLVs
Table 8. Basic management TLVs
TLV Type Description
Port description 4 User-dened alphanumeric string that
describes the port (port ID or interface
description).
System name 5 User-dened alphanumeric string that
identies the system.
System description 6 Includes the following information:
• Host description
• Dell OS version
• Dell application software version
• Build time stamp
System capabilities 7 Determines the capabilities of the system.
Management address 8 Network address of the management
interface.
There are eight TLV types dened by the 802.1 and 802.3 working groups as a basic part of LLDP. Congure OS10 to advertise any or all of
these TLVs.
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