The Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) allows stations attached to a 802 LAN to advertise, to other stations attached to the same 802 LAN, the major capabilities provided by the system incorporating that station, the management address or addresses of the entity or entities that provide management of those capabilities, and the identification of the station's point of attachment to the 802 LAN required by those management entity or entities.
ExtremeXOS 31.2 introduces support for LLDP on the switch management port.
ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, and 5520 series switches.
Standard TLVs are supported. No support is provided for vendor-specific and MED TLVs.