LLDP-MED

LLDP-MED stands for Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint Discovery.

The main goal of the protocol is to provide the following facilities:

•Auto-discovery of LAN policies (such as VLAN, Layer 2 Priority and Differentiated services (Diffserv) settings) enabling plug and play networking (supported).

•Device location discovery to allow creation of location databases and, in the case of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Enhanced 911 services (not yet supported).

•Extended and automated power management of Power over Ethernet (PoE) end points(not yet supported).

•Inventory management, allowing network administrators to track their network devices, and determine their characteristics (not yet supported).