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Management TLVs A management TLV is an optional TLVs sub-type. This kind of TLV contains essential management information about the sender. Organizationally Specific TLVs A professional organization or a vendor can define organizationally specific TLVs. They have two mandatory fields (as shown in the following illustration) in addition to the basic TLV fields. • Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI)-a unique number assigned by the IEEE to an organization or vendor. • OUI Sub-type-These sub-types indicate the kind of information in the following data field. The subtypes are determined by the owner of the OUI. Figure 21. Organizationally Specific TLVs IEEE Organizationally Specific TLVs Eight TLV types have been defined by the IEEE 802.1 and 802.3 working groups as a basic part of LLDP; the IEEE OUI is 00-80-C2. You can configure the Dell Networking system to advertise any or all of these TLVs. Table 9. Optional TLV Types Type TLV Description Optional TLVs 4 Port description A user-defined alphanumeric string that describes the port. The Dell Networking OS does not currently support this TLV. 5 System name A user-defined alphanumeric string that identifies the system. 6 System description A user-defined alphanumeric string that identifies the system. 7 System capabilities Identifies the chassis as one or more of the following: repeater, bridge, WLAN Access Point, Router, Telephone, DOCSIS cable device, end station only, or other. Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) 139