Configuring coordinate-based locations

Latitude, longitude, and altitude data can be configured per switch port using an SNMP management application. For more information, see the documentation provided with the application. A further source of information on this topic is RFC 3825-Dynamic host configuration protocol option for coordinate-based location configuration information.

NOTE:

Endpoint use of data from a medPortLocation TLV sent by the switch is device-dependent. See the documentation provided with the endpoint device.

Some location codes used in CA-TYPE fields

Location element

Code1

Location element

Code

national subdivision

1

street number

19

regional subdivision

2

additional location data

22

city or township

3

unit or apartment

26

city subdivision

4

floor

27

street

6

room number

28

street suffix

18

   
1

The code assignments in this table are examples from a work-in-progress (the internet draft titled "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCPv4 and DHCPv6) Option for Civic Addresses Configuration Information draft-ietf-geopriv-dhcp-civil-06" dated May 30, 2005.) For the actual codes to use, contact the PSAP or other authority responsible for specifying the civic addressing data standard for your network.

Example:

Suppose a system operator wants to configure the following information as the civic address for a telephone connected to her company's network through port A2 of a switch at the following location:

CA-type

CA-type

CA-VALUE

national subdivision

1

CA

city

3

Widgitville

street

6

Main

street number

19

1433

unit

26

Suite 4-N

floor

27

4

room number

28

N4-3

The following example shows the commands for configuring and displaying the above data.

A civic address configuration

switch(config)# lldp config 2 medportlocation civic-addr US 2 1 CA 3
Widgitville 6 Main 19 1433 26 Suite_4—N 27 4 28 N4—3

switch(config)# show lldp config 2
 LLDP Port Configuration Detail
  Port : A2
  AdminStatus [Tx_Rx] : Tx_Rx
  NotificationEnabled [False] : False
  Med Topology Trap Enabled [False] : False
  Country Name          : US 
  What                  : 2
  Ca-Type               : 1
  Ca-Length             : 2
  Ca-Value              : CA 
  Ca-Type               : 3
  Ca-Length             : 11
  Ca-Value              : Widgitville
  Ca-Type               : 6
  Ca-Length             : 4
  Ca-Value              : Main
  Ca-Type               : 19
  Ca-Length             : 4
  Ca-Value              : 1433
  Ca-Type               : 26
  Ca-Length             : 9
  Ca-Value              : Suite_4-N 
  Ca-Type               : 27
  Ca-Length             : 1
  Ca-Value              : 4
  Ca-Type               : 28
  Ca-Length             : 4
  Ca-Value              : N4-3