Technical data

FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide ix
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LLDP configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
LLDP configuration notes and considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Enabling and disabling LLDP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Enabling support for tagged LLDP packets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Changing a port LLDP operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200
Configuring LLDP processing on 802.1x blocked port . . . . . .202
Maximum number of LLDP neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Enabling LLDP SNMP notifications and Syslog messages . . .203
Changing the minimum time between LLDP transmissions . .204
Changing the interval between regular LLDP transmissions .205
Changing the holdtime multiplier for transmit TTL . . . . . . . . .205
Changing the minimum time between port reinitializations. .206
LLDP TLVs advertised by the Brocade device . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
LLDP-MED configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Enabling LLDP-MED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Enabling SNMP notifications and Syslog messages
for LLDP-MED topology changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Changing the fast start repeat count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Defining a location id. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Defining an LLDP-MED network policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
LLDP-MED attributes advertised by the Brocade device . . . . . . . .223
Extended power-via-MDI information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Displaying LLDP statistics and configuration settings. . . . . . .225
LLDP configuration summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225
Displaying LLDP statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226
Displaying LLDP neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228
Displaying LLDP neighbors detail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229
Displaying LLDP configuration details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230
Resetting LLDP statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
Clearing cached LLDP neighbor information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232
Chapter 9 Hardware Component Monitoring
Virtual cable testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Virtual cable testing configuration notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233
Virtual cable testing command syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Viewing the results of the cable analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235
Digital optical monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Digital optical monitoring configuration limitations. . . . . . . . .237
Enabling digital optical monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Setting the alarm interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Displaying information about installed media . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
Viewing optical monitoring information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239
Syslog messages for optical transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Chapter 10 Syslog
About Syslog messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244