a quick survey about LLDP and similar

Hunter Fuller hf0002+nanog at uah.edu
Tue Mar 5 22:12:31 UTC 2019


On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 8:26 AM Anderson, Charles R <cra at wpi.edu> wrote:
>
> We require LLDP/LLDP-MED to configure our VOIP phones.
>
> For trunk links, it is extremely helpful to verify correct topology.
>
> For datacenters, it is EXTREMELY helpful to verify hypervisor connectivity.

I'd say it's extremely helpful anywhere. We enable it on every single
port unless there is a specific reason to disable it.

Our particularly clueful customers can now submit requests like: "For
the system attached to port 1/2/3, please switch to VLAN 456." This
ticket gets closed in about 10 seconds.

We also run LLDP speakers on our University-controlled workstations so
we can see details about the system in "slow lldp neighbor" on the
switch.

The more LLDP the better, from my perspective.



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