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Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) enable lldp portdescription 21

enable lldp portdescription

Syntax ENAble LLDP PORTDescription [POrt={ALL|port-list}]

Description This command enables port description TLV advertisement on the specified

ports. The IEEE 802 LAN station's port description that is associated with the

local system. You can set this using the set switch port description command.

Note that you cannot set an Ethernet port’s description, because Ethernet ports

are static.

The LLDP agent now includes port description information in any LLDPDUs it

sends.

Use the port parameter to specify the ports for which to enable port description

TLV advertisement, either a list of ports or all ports. port-list can be any/all of

the following:

■ a single switch port number. Port numbers start at 1 and end at m, where m

is the highest numbered port.

■ a range of switch port numbers (specified as n-m).

■ a comma-separated list of switch port numbers and/or ranges.

■ a single Ethernet interface (specified as ethn).

■ a comma-separated list of Ethernet interfaces. Ethernet port numbers start

at eth0 and end at ethn, where n is the highest numbered Ethernet port.

■ the Ethernet interface eth0.

By default, LLDP port description advertisement is enabled for all ports.

Examples To enable port description advertisement on port 1 and 2, use the command:

ena lldp portd po=1,2

To enable port description advertisement on all ports, use one of the

commands:

ena lldp portd

ena lldp portd po=all