LLDP

LLDP

Configure the following LLDP Settings.

Parameter	Description
Status	Enable/Disable the LLDP transmit and receive feature.
Management Interface	The primary management interface advertised in LLDP.
Number of TX intervals before local LLDP data expires	The number of Tx intervals before local LLDP data expires, that is, the packet TTL (in seconds) is tx-hold times tx-interval. The valid range is 1 - 16.
Frequency of LLDP PDU transmit (seconds)	The frequency of LLDP PDU transmission. The valid range is 5 - 4095.
Fast Start	The frequency of LLDP PDU transmit for the first 4 packets when the link comes up. Configure the Fast Start Interval, the valid range is 2 - 5 seconds.
Device Detection	Enable/disable dynamic updates of LLDP neighbour devices to FortiLink.

Configure the following LLDP Profile parameters.

Parameter	Description
Profile Name	A unique name of the Profile. The valid range is 63 characters.
Transmitted IEEE 802.1 TLVs.(Port VLAN ID)	Enable to transmit the IEEE 802.1 port native-VLAN Type-Length-Value (TLV).
Transmitted IEEE 802.3 TLVs.	Enable to transmit the IEEE 802.3 organizationally-specific TLVs. The following options are available, you can select more than one. Maximum frame size TLV - This TLV sends the maximum frame size value of the port. If this variable is changed, the sent value will reflect the updated value. PoE+ classification TLV - This TLV sends whether there is software PoE negotiation on the port. Efficient Energy Ethernet Config - This TLV sends whether energy-efficient Ethernet is enabled on the port. If this variable is changed, the sent value will reflect the updated value.
Auto MCLAG inter chassis link	Enable the multi-chassis link aggregation group (MCLAG).
Enable/disable automatic Inter-Switch LAG	Enable or disable the automatic inter-switch LAG. Automatic ISL Hello Timer - The time for the automatic inter-switch LAG hello timer. The valid range is 1 - 30 seconds and the default is 3 seconds. Automatic ISL timeout - The time before the automatic inter-switch LAG times out if no response is received. The valid range is 0 - 300 seconds and the default is 60 seconds. Automatic inter-switch LAG port group - The automatic inter-switch LAG port group identifier. The valid range is 0 - 9.
Transmitted LLDP-MED TLVs	Select the LLDP-Media Endpoint Discovery (MED) TLVs to transmit; Inventory Managment TLVs, Network Policy TLVs, Power Management TLV, and Location Identification TLVs. You can select one or more option.
MED Network Policy	Enter the following for MED network policy. Name - Select which MED network policy type-length-value (TLV) category to edit; Voice, Voice Signalling, Guest Voice, Guest Voice Signalling, Softphone Voice, Video Conferencing, Streaming video, Video Signalling. Status - Enable or disable whether this TLV is transmitted. Assign VLAN - Enable or disable whether to assign a VLAN interface. VLAN - The VLAN interface to advertise. The valid range is 0 - 4094. Priority - Tthe advertised Layer-2 priority. The valid range is 0 - 7, set to 7 for the highest priority. DSCP - The advertised DSCP value to indicate the level of service requested for the traffic. The valid range is 0 - 63.
MED location Service	Enter the following for MED location services. Name – Select which MED location type-length-value (TLV) category to edit; Civic Address, Co-ordinates, ELIN Number. Status – Enable or disable whether this TLV is transmitted. Sys Location ID – If the status is enabled then you can enter the location service identifier. The maximum length is 63 characters.
Custom TLVs	Enter the following for custom TLVs. Name - The name of a custom TLV entry. Oui – The organizationally unique identifier (OUI), a 3-byte hexadecimal number, for this TLV. Subtype – The organizationally defined subtype. The valid range is 0 – 255. Information String – The organizationally defined information string in hexadecimal bytes.

Parameter

Description

Status

Enable/Disable the LLDP transmit and receive feature.

Management Interface

The primary management interface advertised in LLDP.

Number of TX intervals before local LLDP data expires

The number of Tx intervals before local LLDP data expires, that is, the packet TTL (in seconds) is tx-hold times tx-interval. The valid range is 1 - 16.

Frequency of LLDP PDU transmit (seconds)

The frequency of LLDP PDU transmission. The valid range is 5 - 4095.

Fast Start

The frequency of LLDP PDU transmit for the first 4 packets when the link comes up. Configure the Fast Start Interval, the valid range is 2 - 5 seconds.

Device Detection

Enable/disable dynamic updates of LLDP neighbour devices to FortiLink.

Parameter

Description

Profile Name

A unique name of the Profile. The valid range is 63 characters.

Transmitted IEEE 802.1 TLVs.(Port VLAN ID)

Enable to transmit the IEEE 802.1 port native-VLAN Type-Length-Value (TLV).

Transmitted IEEE 802.3 TLVs.

Enable to transmit the IEEE 802.3 organizationally-specific TLVs. The following options are available, you can select more than one.

Maximum frame size TLV - This TLV sends the maximum frame size value of the port. If this variable is changed, the sent value will reflect the updated value.
PoE+ classification TLV - This TLV sends whether there is software PoE negotiation on the port.
Efficient Energy Ethernet Config - This TLV sends whether energy-efficient Ethernet is enabled on the port. If this variable is changed, the sent value will reflect the updated value.

Auto MCLAG inter chassis link

Enable the multi-chassis link aggregation group (MCLAG).

Enable/disable automatic Inter-Switch LAG

Enable or disable the automatic inter-switch LAG.

Automatic ISL Hello Timer - The time for the automatic inter-switch LAG hello timer. The valid range is 1 - 30 seconds and the default is 3 seconds.

Automatic ISL timeout - The time before the automatic inter-switch LAG times out if no response is received. The valid range is 0 - 300 seconds and the default is 60 seconds.

Automatic inter-switch LAG port group - The automatic inter-switch LAG port group identifier. The valid range is 0 - 9.

Transmitted LLDP-MED TLVs

Select the LLDP-Media Endpoint Discovery (MED) TLVs to transmit; Inventory Managment TLVs, Network Policy TLVs, Power Management TLV, and Location Identification TLVs. You can select one or more option.

MED Network Policy

Enter the following for MED network policy.

Name - Select which MED network policy type-length-value (TLV) category to edit; Voice, Voice Signalling, Guest Voice, Guest Voice Signalling, Softphone Voice, Video Conferencing, Streaming video, Video Signalling.
Status - Enable or disable whether this TLV is transmitted.
Assign VLAN - Enable or disable whether to assign a VLAN interface.
VLAN - The VLAN interface to advertise. The valid range is 0 - 4094.
Priority - Tthe advertised Layer-2 priority. The valid range is 0 - 7, set to 7 for the highest priority.
DSCP - The advertised DSCP value to indicate the level of service requested for the traffic. The valid range is 0 - 63.

MED location Service

Enter the following for MED location services.

Name – Select which MED location type-length-value (TLV) category to edit; Civic Address, Co-ordinates, ELIN Number.
Status – Enable or disable whether this TLV is transmitted.
Sys Location ID – If the status is enabled then you can enter the location service identifier. The maximum length is 63 characters.

Custom TLVs

Enter the following for custom TLVs.

Name - The name of a custom TLV entry.
Oui – The organizationally unique identifier (OUI), a 3-byte hexadecimal number, for this TLV.
Subtype – The organizationally defined subtype. The valid range is 0 – 255.
Information String – The organizationally defined information string in hexadecimal bytes.

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