22 Contents18 Configuring Port Characteristics . . . . . . 463Port Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463What Physical Port Characteristics Can BeConfigured? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463What is Link Dependency? . . . . . . . . . . . . 464What Interface Types are Supported? . . . . . . 466What is Interface Configuration Mode? . . . . . 466Default Port Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469Configuring Port Characteristics (Web) . . . . . . . . 470Port Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470Link Dependency Configuration . . . . . . . . . 473Link Dependency Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . 475Configuring Port Characteristics (CLI) . . . . . . . . . 476Configuring Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476Configuring Link Dependencies . . . . . . . . . 477Port Configuration Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479Configuring Port Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479Configuring a Link Dependency Groups . . . . . 48019 Configuring Port and SystemSecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481IEEE 802.1X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482What is IEEE 802.1X? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482What are the 802.1X Port States?. . . . . . . . . 483What is MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication?. . . 484What is the Role of 802.1X in VLANAssignment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485What is Monitor Mode?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
