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FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide 187

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Chapter

LLDP and LLDP-MED

Table 10 lists the individual Brocade FastIron switches and the Link Layer Discovery Protocol

(LLDP) features they support. These features are supported in the Layer 2 and Layer 3 software

images, except where explicitly noted.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•LLDP terms used in this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

•LLDP overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

•LLDP-MED overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

•General LLDP operating principles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

•MIB support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

•Syslog messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

•LLDP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199

TABLE 10 Supported LLDP features

Feature FSX 800

FSX 1600

FCX ICX 6610 ICX 6430 ICX 6450

LLDP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

LLDP-MED Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Support for tagged LLDP packets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IPv4 management address

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IPv6 management address

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

LLDP operating mode setting per port Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

LLDP processing on 802.1x blocked port Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Setting the maximum number of LLDP

neighbors

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SNMP and Syslog messages Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

LLDP transmission intervals Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Holdtime multiplier for transmit TTL Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Configuring the minimum time between

port reinitializations

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Fast start repeat count for LLDP-MED Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Location ID for LLDP-MED Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

LLDP-MED network policy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

LLDP statistics and configuration details Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes