Users Guide

Layer 2 Switching Commands 566
• sys-name — Transmits the system name TLV. This is the configured host
name for the system. (TLV type 5)
• sys-desc — Transmits the system description TLV. (TLV type 6)
• sys-cap — Transmits the system capabilities TLV. (TLV type 7)
• port-desc — Transmits the port description TLV. (TLV type 4)
Default Configuration
By default, the port-desc, and sys-name TLVs are transmitted.
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
The string configured by the hostname command is transmitted by in the sys-
name TLV.
Use the show lldp remote-device all command to see the advertised LLDP
neighbor information.
Command History
Syntax updated in version 6.5.
Example
The following example shows how to include the system description TLV in
local data transmit.
console(config-if-Gi1/0/3)#lldp transmit-tlv sys-desc
show lldp
Use the show lldp command to display the current LLDP configuration
summary.
Syntax
show lldp