Brocade Network OS Administrator’s Guide v4.1.1 - Manual (Page 456)

1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
2. Enter LLDP configuration mode.
switch(config)# protocol lldp
3. Advertise the optional LLDP TLVs.
switch(conf-lldp)# advertise optional-tlv management-address port-description
system-capabilities system-name system-description
Configuring the advertisement of LLDP DCBX-related TLVs
By default, For a switch in standalone mode only "dcbx-tlv" is advertised. For a switch in Brocade VCS
Fabric mode the following TLVs are advertised by default:
• dcbx-tlv
• dcbx-fcoe-app-tlv
• dcbx-fcoe-logical-link-tlv
To configure the LLDP DCBX-related TLVs to be advertised, perform the following steps from
privileged EXEC mode.
1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
2. Enter LLDP configuration mode.
switch(config)# protocol lldp
3. Advertise the LLDP DCBX-related TLVs by using one of these commands:
• switch(conf-lldp)# advertise dcbx-fcoe-app-tlv
• switch(conf-lldp)# advertise dcbx-fcoe-logical-link-tlv
• switch(conf-lldp)# advertise dcbx-tlv
Configuring LLDP profiles
You can configure up to 64 profiles on a switch. Entering no profile name deletes the entire profile.
To configure LLDP profiles, perform the following steps from privileged EXEC mode.
1. Enter the configure terminal command to access global configuration mode.
2. Enter LLDP configuration mode.
switch(config)# protocol lldp
3. Configure the profile name.
switch(conf-lldp)# profile UK_LLDP_IT
4. Specify a description for the profile.
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)#description standard_profile_by_Jane
5. Enable the transmitting and receiving of LLDP frames.
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)# no mode
6. Configure the transmission frequency of LLDP updates.
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)# hello 10
7. Configure the hold time for receiving devices.
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)# multiplier 2
8. Advertise the optional LLDP TLVs.
switch(conf-lldp)# advertise optional-tlv management-address port-description
system-capabilities system-name system-description
9. Advertise the LLDP DCBX-related TLVs.
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)# advertise advertise dcbx-tlv
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)# advertise dcbx-fcoe-logical-link-tlv
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)# advertise dcbx-fcoe-app-tlv
switch(conf-lldp-profile-UK_LLDP_IT)# advertise dcbx-iscsi-app-tlv
Configuring the advertisement of LLDP DCBX-related TLVs
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