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Power Management
Aggregated Links
Auto-negotiation
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VERVIEW
Disconnect Unauthorized Device (DUD) — disables a port if an
unauthorized device transmits data on it.
Switch Management Login — user name and password information is
stored in a database on a RADIUS server in your network. Log in
attempts to the Switch are remotely authenticated by the RADIUS
server.
For more information about how the port security features work, see
Chapter 11 "Making Your Network
Power Management is the supply and control of power to connected
Ethernet devices. Power Management provides two benefits:
Cabling needs are reduced — Power over Ethernet (802.3af)
compliant devices need only an Ethernet cable.
Reliability is increased — As the power is supplied over the Ethernet
cable it can be backed up by redundant and uninterruptible power
supplies.
Power Management is only available on the Switch 4400 PWR
(3C17205).
For more information about power management, see
"Power Management and
Aggregated links are connections that allow devices to communicate
using up to four links in parallel. Aggregated links provide two benefits:
They can potentially double, triple or quadruple the bandwidth of a
connection.
They can provide redundancy — if one link is broken, the other links
share the traffic for that link.
For more information about aggregated links, see
"Optimizing
Bandwidth".
Auto-negotiation allows ports to auto-negotiate port speed,
duplex-mode (only at 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps) and flow control. When
auto-negotiation is enabled (default), a port "advertises" its maximum
Secure".
Control".
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