LLDP-MED configuration

This section provides the details for configuring LLDP-MED.

The following table lists the global and interface-level tasks and the default behavior/value for each task.

LLDP-MED configuration tasks and default behavior / value

Task

Default behavior / value

Global CONFIG-level tasks

Enabling LLDP-MED on a global basis

Disabled

Enabling SNMP notifications and Syslog messages for LLDP-MED topology change

Disabled

Changing the Fast Start Repeat Count

The system automatically sets the fast start repeat count to 3 when a Network Connectivity Device receives an LLDP packet from an Endpoint that is newly connected to the network.

Note: The LLDP-MED fast start mechanism is only intended to run on links between Network Connectivity devices and Endpoint devices. It does not apply to links between LAN infrastructure elements, including between Network Connectivity devices, or to other types of links.

Interface-level tasks

Defining a location ID

Not configured

Defining a network policy

Not configured

In this section:

  1. Enabling LLDP-MED
  2. Enabling SNMP notifications and Syslog messages for LLDP-MED topology changes
    SNMP notifications and Syslog messages for LLDP-MED provide management applications with information related to topology changes. For example, SNMP notifications can alert the system whenever a remote Endpoint device is connected to or removed from a local port.
  3. Changing the fast start repeat count
  4. Defining a location id
  5. Defining an LLDP-MED network policy
    An LLDP-MED network policy defines an Endpoint VLAN configuration (VLAN type and VLAN ID) and associated Layer 2 and Layer 3 priorities that apply to a specific set of applications on a port.
Parent topic: LLDP and LLDP-MED