Owner's Manual

22 Contents
18 Configuring Port Characteristics. . . . . . 463
Port Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
What Physical Port Characteristics Can Be
Configured? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
What is Link Dependency? . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
What Interface Types are Supported? . . . . . . 466
What is Interface Configuration Mode? . . . . . 466
Default Port Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Configuring Port Characteristics (Web)
. . . . . . . . 470
Port Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Link Dependency Configuration
. . . . . . . . . 473
Link Dependency Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Configuring Port Characteristics (CLI). . . . . . . . . 476
Configuring Port Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Configuring Link Dependencies . . . . . . . . . 477
Port Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Configuring Port Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Configuring a Link Dependency Groups . . . . . 480
19 Configuring Port and System
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
IEEE 802.1X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
What is IEEE 802.1X?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
What are the 802.1X Port States?. . . . . . . . . 483
What is MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication?
. . . 484
What is the Role of 802.1X in VLAN
Assignment?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
What is Monitor Mode?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487