lldpd

- Link Layer Discovery Protocol daemon

Synopsis

/usr/lib/lldpd

svc:/network/lldp:default

Description

lldpd is a system daemon that implements the Link Layer Discovery Protocol as specified in IEEE Std. 802.1AB. The daemon also manages LLDP agents on physical datalinks. Please see lldpadm(1M) for more information on administering LLDP on LLDP agents.

The lldpd daemon is controlled through the service management facility (SMF) service instance:

svc:/network/lldp:default

This means, svcadm(1M) must be used to start, stop, restart, and refresh this daemon. This daemon is disabled by default. To enable LLDP on any of the physical datalinks, this daemon should be running.

The lldpd daemon is a project private interface and has no user-accessible options.

Examples

Example 1 Enabling the Daemon

The following command enables the lldpd daemon.

# svcadm enable network/lldp
# svcs network/lldp
STATE          STIME    FMRI
online         Jan_26   svc:/network/lldp:default

Example 2 Disabling the Daemon

The following command disables the lldpd daemon.

# svcadm disable network/lldp
# svcs network/lldp
STATE          STIME    FMRI
disabled       5:11:35  svc:/network/lldp:default

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

lldpadm(1M), svcadm(1M), attributes(5)

IEEE Std 802.1AB-2009, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery