22 Contents
19 Configuring Port Characteristics. . . . . . 451
Port Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
What Physical Port Characteristics Can Be
Configured? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
What is Link Dependency? . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
What Interface Types are Supported? . . . . . . 454
What is Interface Configuration Mode? . . . . . 454
Default Port Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Configuring Port Characteristics (Web)
. . . . . . . . 457
Port Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Link Dependency Configuration
. . . . . . . . . 460
Link Dependency Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Configuring Port Characteristics (CLI). . . . . . . . . 463
Configuring Port Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Configuring Link Dependencies . . . . . . . . . 464
Port Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Configuring Port Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Configuring a Link Dependency Groups . . . . . 467
20 Configuring Port and System
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
IEEE 802.1X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
What is IEEE 802.1X?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
What are the 802.1X Port States?. . . . . . . . . 471
What is MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication?
. . . 472
What is the Role of 802.1X in VLAN
Assignment?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
What is Monitor Mode?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475