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Summary

The LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) is a vendor-neutral link layer protocol used by network devices for advertising their identity, capabilities, and neighbors on a local area network based on IEEE 802 technology, principally wired Ethernet.[1] The protocol is formally referred to by the IEEE as Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery specified in IEEE 802.1AB

LLDP Configuration

The LLDP Configuration section is used to choose the ports you want to send LLDP frames to. This helps in discovering and monitoring network devices connected to those specific ports.

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off | on; default: off	Enables LLDP service. Note: SNMP will be enabled when enabling LLDP.
Interval	integer [1..65535]; default: 5	The LLDP interval represents the frequency of network device updates and is measured in seconds.
Mark selected ports (0) as	-(interactive) buttons -Enable | Disable	Choose the ports you want to send LLDP frames to.

LLDP Neighbors

The LLDP Neighbors section displays current LLDP neighbors.

Field Name	Description
Port name	Name of physical port.
Station name	Neighbors station name.
Chassis ID	Identifier of the chassis.
IP address	Neighbors device IP.
Port description	Neighbors port description

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