User manual

C HAPTER 15 | Basic Administration Protocols
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
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ES-2000 Series
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MAC/PHY Configuration/Status – The MAC/PHY configuration
and status which includes information about auto-negotiation
support/capabilities, and operational Multistation Access Unit (MAU)
type.
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PoE – Power-over-Ethernet capabilities, including whether or not
PoE is supported, currently enabled, if the port pins through which
power is delivered can be controlled, the port pins selected to
deliver power, and the power class.
◆ MED TLVs – Configures general information included in the MED TLV
field of advertised messages.
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Capabilities – This option advertises LLDP-MED TLV capabilities,
allowing Media Endpoint and Connectivity Devices to efficiently
discover which LLDP-MED related TLVs are supported on the switch.
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Extended Power – This option advertises extended Power-over-
Ethernet capability details, such as power availability from the
switch, and power state of the switch, including whether the switch
is operating from primary or backup power (the Endpoint Device
could use this information to decide to enter power conservation
mode). Note that this device does not support PoE capabilities.
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Inventory – This option advertises device details useful for
inventory management, such as manufacturer, model, software
version and other pertinent information.
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Location – This option advertises location identification details.
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Network Policy – This option advertises network policy
configuration information, aiding in the discovery and diagnosis of
VLAN configuration mismatches on a port. Improper network policy
configurations frequently result in voice quality degradation or
complete service disruption.
◆ MED-Location Civic Address – Configures information for the
location of the attached device included in the MED TLV field of
advertised messages, including the country and the device type.
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Country – The two-letter ISO 3166 country code in capital ASCII
letters. (Example: DK, DE or US)
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Device entry refers to – The type of device to which the location
applies:
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Location of DHCP server.
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Location of network element closest to client.
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Location of client. (This is the default.)