Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 - Manual (Page 455)

Specifying a user description for LLDP
To specify a user description for LLDP, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC mode. This
description is for network administrative purposes and is not seen by neighboring switches.
1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
2. Enter LLDP configuration mode.
switch(config)# protocol lldp
3. Specify a user description for LLDP.
switch(conf-lldp)# description Brocade-LLDP-installed-jan-25
Enabling and disabling the receiving and transmitting of LLDP frames
By default both transmit and receive for LLDP frames is enabled. To enable or disable the receiving (rx)
and transmitting (tx) of LLDP frames, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC mode.
1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
2. Enter the mode command to do one of the following:
• Enable only receiving of LLDP frames:
switch(conf-lldp)# mode rx
• Enable only transmitting of LLDP frames:
switch(conf-lldp)# mode tx
• Enable both transmit and receive modes.
switch(conf-lldp)# no mode
Configuring the transmit frequency of LLDP frames
To configure the transmit frequency of LLDP frames, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC
mode. The default is 30 seconds.
1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
2. Enter LLDP configuration mode.
switch(config)# protocol lldp
3. Configure the transmit frequency of LLDP frames.
switch(conf-lldp)# hello 45
Configuring the hold time for receiving devices
To configure the hold time for receiving devices, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC
mode. This configures the number of consecutive LLDP hello packets that can be missed before
removing the neighbor information. The default is 4.
1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
2. Enter LLDP configuration mode.
switch(config)# protocol lldp
3. Configure the hold time for receiving devices.
switch(conf-lldp)# multiplier 6
Advertising the optional LLDP TLVs
To advertise the optional LLDP TLVs, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC mode.
Specifying a user description for LLDP
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