Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) allows network devices to advertise their identity, capabilities, and to receive same information from neighbors on an local area network. Information can be requested from the device by services via SNMP.
Nodes may share information about:
network device name;
network device description;
system capabilities (switching, routing, etc.);
port name;
port description;
MTU;
management IP address;
the last update time and the time during which the information will be saved (TTL).