Neighbor location information management using EDM

Use the information in this section to view and add neighbor location information for network devices connected to a switch or stack.

Neighbor location information management using EDM navigation

Viewing neighbor location information using EDM

Use this procedure to display LLDP neighbor location information.

Procedure steps


Step Action

1

From the navigation tree, double-click Edit.

2

In the Edit tree, double-click Diagnostics.

3

In the Diagnostic tree, double-click 802.1AB.

4

In the 802.1AB tree, double-click Port MED.

5

On the work area, click the Neighbor Location tab.


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Variable definitions

The following table describes the Neighbor Location tab fields.

Variable Value
TimeMark Indicates the TimeFilter for this entry.
LocalPortNum Identifies the local port on which the remote system information is received.
Index Indicates the arbitrary local integer value used by this agent to identify a particular MSAP. An agent is encouraged to assign monotonically increasing index values to new entries, starting with one, after each reboot.
LocationSubtype

Indicates the location subtype advertised by the remote device:

  • unknown
  • coordinateBased
  • civicAddress
  • elin
LocationInfo Indicates the location information advertised by the remote device. The parsing of this information depends on the location subtype.

Adding coordinate-based neighbor location information using EDM

Use this procedure to add coordinate-based location information to the neighbor location table.

Procedure steps


Step Action

1

From the navigation tree, double-click Edit.

2

In the Edit tree, double-click Diagnostics.

3

In the Diagnostic tree, double-click 802.1AB.

4

In the 802.1AB tree, double-click Port MED.

5

On the work area, click the Neighbor Location tab.

6

In the table, select a location with the LocationSubtype listed as coordinateBased.

7

On the toolbar, click the Location Details button.

The Insert Local Location dialog box appears.

8

Click Close to close the dialog box.

9

Click Apply .


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Adding civic address location information using EDM

Use this procedure to add civic address-based location information to the neighbor location table.

Procedure steps


Step Action

1

From the navigation tree, double-click Edit.

2

In the Edit tree, double-click Diagnostics.

3

In the Diagnostic tree, double-click 802.1AB.

4

In the 802.1AB tree, double-click Port MED.

5

On the work area, click the Neighbor Location tab.

6

In the table, select a location with the LocationSubtype listed as civicAddress.

7

On the toolbar, click the Location Details button.

The Insert Local Location dialog box appears.

8

Click Close to close the dialog box.

9

Click Apply .


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