Bug in LLDP remote port lookup

[sgocken]

Please look at my post that is related.

LLDP links not created due to not storing lldpLocPortId

I have been troubleshooting lldp links with my Nortel/Avaya/(Now Extreme) switches and have discovered that the way they denote lldpLocPortId and lldpRemPortId is with a MAC address that does not seem to exist anywhere else. It looks like the lldpLocPortId is not stored in the ports table. I would think it would make it easier to link ports if it was stored as it is what lldp is telling the remote side what the id is. Currently links are made by trying to matching based on ifDescr, ifName, and…

Can you check on your gear and see if the SNMP lldpLocPortId matches the lldpRemPortId of the connected switch. If so, the method I am looking at writing might just fix your problems as well.