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Chapter 3: Configuration
• System Description: System Description is the port description advertised by the neighbor unit.
• Management Address: Management Address is the neighbor unit’s address that is used for higher layer entities to assist
discovery by the network management. This could hold the neighbor's IP address, for example.
• Auto-refresh: Check the auto-refresh box to set the unit to refresh information automatically.
• Icon, upper right of screen (Refresh): Click to refresh the LLDP Neighbors information manually.
3.8.3 LLDP-MED Configuration
Media Endpoint Discovery (MED) is an enhancement of LLDP, known as LLDP-MED, that provides the following facilities:
- Auto-discovery of LAN policies (such as VLAN, Layer 2 Priority and Differentiated services (Diffserv) settings) enabling plug and
play networking.
- Device location discovery to allow creation of location databases and, in the case of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP),
Enhanced 911 services.
- Extended and automated power management of Power over Ethernet (PoE) end points.
- Inventory management, allowing network administrators to track their network devices, and determine their characteristics
(manufacturer, software and hardware versions, serial or asset number).
This page enables you to configure the LLDP-MED. This function applies to VoIP devices which support LLDP-MED.
Web Interface
To configure LLDP-MED:
1. Click LLDP-MED Configuration.
2. Modify the Fast start repeat count parameter. The default setting is 4.
3. Modify Coordinates Location parameters.
4. Fill Civic Address Location parameters.
5. Add the new policy.
6. Click Save, will show following Policy Port Configuration.
7. Select a Policy ID for each port.
8. Click Save.
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