UCS C series LLDP support

[Leo Yu]

Hi, 

    I'm working on a ACI setup, and try to enable LLDP for UCS discovery. However there is no enable option in CIMC. I tried documentation and it says "This option is available only on some UCS C-Series servers." 

    I wonder if I need to upgrade firmware to enable it, or switch the VIC card? Or do we have to get some other UCS servers for this? Thanks. 

[Brian Morrissey · Accepted solution]

What kind of C-series rack and network card are you using?  In some of the older firmware the option was only available via CLI on the VIC similar to:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/legacyfs/online/attachments/document/files/apic-vic-lldp-fn.pdf

Further info:

Supported Feature in Release 1.5(4e)

A new CLI command lldp with the arguments enabled and disabled has been added to the adapter scope. The command enables you to enable and disable LLDP for Cisco adapters

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/OL-31202-01.html#pgfId-543879