Users Guide
• Receive only.
CONFIGURATION mode or INTERFACE mode
mode rx
• Return to the default setting.
CONFIGURATION mode or INTERFACE mode
no mode
Example of Conguring a Single Mode
R1(conf)#protocol lldp
R1(conf-lldp)#show config
!
protocol lldp
 advertise dot1-tlv port-protocol-vlan-id port-vlan-id
 advertise dot3-tlv max-frame-size
 advertise management-tlv system-capabilities system-description
 no disable
R1(conf-lldp)#mode ?
rx Rx only
tx Tx only
R1(conf-lldp)#
mode tx
R1(conf-lldp)#show config
!
protocol lldp
 advertise dot1-tlv port-protocol-vlan-id port-vlan-id
 advertise dot3-tlv max-frame-size
 advertise management-tlv system-capabilities system-description
 mode tx
 no disable
R1(conf-lldp)#
no mode
R1(conf-lldp)#show config
!
protocol lldp
 advertise dot1-tlv port-protocol-vlan-id port-vlan-id
 advertise dot3-tlv max-frame-size
 advertise management-tlv system-capabilities system-description
 no disable
R1(conf-lldp)#
Conguring the Time to Live Value
The information received from a neighbor expires after a specic amount of time (measured in seconds) called a time to live (TTL).
The TTL is the product of the LLDPDU transmit interval (hello) and an integer called a multiplier. The default multiplier is 4, which results in 
a default TTL of 120 seconds.
• Adjust the TTL value.
CONFIGURATION mode or INTERFACE mode.
multiplier
• Return to the default multiplier value.
CONFIGURATION mode or INTERFACE mode.
no multiplier
Example of the multiplier Command to Congure Time to Live
R1(conf-lldp)#show config
!
protocol lldp
 advertise dot1-tlv port-protocol-vlan-id port-vlan-id
 advertise dot3-tlv max-frame-size
 advertise management-tlv system-capabilities system-description
 no disable
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