Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Ravichandra B Ryali

Nirmalendu Das

Mark Q Llacuna

In one embodiment, a method for providing link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) to a distributed fabric includes sending a neighbor synchronization request message from a master node to one or more member nodes connected to the master node, the neighbor synchronization request message including a request for a recipient member node to send its LLDP neighbor information to the master node, receiving a neighbor synchronization update message at the master node from at least one of the one or more member nodes, the neighbor synchronization update message including information about local LLDP neighbors of the one or more member nodes, and storing the information about the local LLDP neighbors from the at least one of the one or more member nodes in a LLDP neighbors database of the master node.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Ravichandra B Ryali