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diff --git a/network/lldpd/slack-desc b/network/lldpd/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b4b45dba52 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/lldpd/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +lldpd: lldpd (an implementation of IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP)) +lldpd: +lldpd: LLDP allows you to know exactly on which port is a server (and +lldpd: reciprocally). It is an industry standard protocol designed to +lldpd: supplant proprietary Link-Layer protocols such as EDP or CDP. The goal +lldpd: of LLDP is to provide an inter-vendor compatible mechanism to deliver +lldpd: Link-Layer notifications to adjacent network devices. +lldpd: +lldpd: lldpd is an ISC-licensed implementation of LLDP for various Unixes. It +lldpd: also supports some proprietary protocols. +lldpd: |