7 STATUS MONITORING AND STATISTICS
RMON 57
What is RMON? 57
The RMON Groups 57
Benefits of RMON 59
RMON and the Switch 59
Alarm Events 60
The Default Alarm Settings 61
The Audit Log 62
Email Notification of Events 62
8 SETTING UP VIRTUAL LANS
What are VLANs? 65
Benefits of VLANs 66
VLANs and Your Switch 67
The Default VLAN 67
Communication Between VLANs 67
Creating New VLANs 68
VLANs: Tagged and Untagged Membership 68
Placing a Port in a Single VLAN 69
VLAN Configuration Examples 70
Using Untagged Connections 70
Using 802.1Q Tagged Connections 71
9 USING AUTOMATIC IP CONFIGURATION
How Your Switch Obtains IP Information 74
How Automatic IP Configuration Works 74
Automatic Process 75
Important Considerations 76
Event Log Entries and Traps 76
10 MAKING YOUR NETWORK SECURE
Port Security 78
What is Network Login? 80
How Network Login Works 81
What is Rada? 82
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