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==Information gathered==
Information gathered with LLDP can be stored in the device [[management information base]] (MIB) and queried with the [[Simple Network Management Protocol]] (SNMP) as specified in [[Request{{IEFT for CommentsRFC|RFC]] [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2922 2922]}}. The topology of an LLDP-enabled network can be discovered by ''crawling'' the hosts and querying this database. Information that may be retrieved include:
* System name and description
* [[Port (computer networking)|Port]] name and description