Brocade Converged Enhanced Ethernet Administrator's Guide v6.1.2_cee (53-1001258-01, June 2009)

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LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions
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LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions
Follow these LLDP configuration guidelines and restrictions when configuring LLDP.
NOTE
DCBX configuration simply involves configuring DCBX-related TLVs to be advertised. Detailed
information is provided in the “LLDP configuration procedures” on page 85.
There are three levels of LLDP configuration:
NOTE
Entering the protocol lldp command from global configuration mode globally enables LLDP and
DCBX with default values.
- Global configuration—After entering the protocol lldp command from global configuration
mode, you are in LLDP configuration mode which is designated with the switch(conf-lldp)#
prompt. Using the commands in this mode, you can globally change LLDP attributes on all
interfaces.
- Profile configuration—From the LLDP configuration mode, you can enter the profile
keyword to create different profiles for different neighbors (such as server and switch) and
then apply an individual profile to a single port or to multiple ports.
- Interface-level configuration—From the interface level, you can enter the lldp command to
access LLDP-related configuration keywords. The LLDP interface-level configuration
overrides the global configuration. For example, when you apply an LLDP profile on an
interface, the profile configuration overrides the global LLDP configuration.
Brocade’s implementation of LLDP supports Brocade-specific TLV exchange in addition to the
standard LLDP information.
Mandatory TLVs are always advertised.
The exchange of LLDP link-level parameters is transparent to the other Layer 2 protocols. The
LLDP link-level parameters are reported by LLDP to other interested protocols.
Default LLDP configuration
Table 14 lists the default LLDP configuration.
TABLE 14 Default LLDP configuration
Parameter Default setting
LLDP global state Enabled
LLDP receive Enabled
LLDP transmit Enabled
Transmission frequency of LLDP updates 30 seconds
Hold time for receiving devices before discarding 120 seconds
DCBX-related TLVs to be advertised dcbx-tlv