8 – Access Using RADIUS ................................................. 106
RADIUS ..................................................................................... 106
802.1x ....................................................................................... 106
Configuring 802.1x ................................................................. 109
List of commands in this chapter ........................................ 114
9 – Access Using .............................................. 116
TACACS – flavors and history ................................................ 116
Flow ..................................................................... 117
Packet .................................................................. 118
Configuring ........................................................ 118
List of commands in this chapter ........................................ 120
10 – Port Mirroring and Setup ............................................ 122
Port monitoring and mirroring ................................................ 122
Port mirroring ......................................................................... 122
Port setup ................................................................................ 123
Speed settings ............................................................................. 124
Flow Control .............................................................................. 125
Back Pressure ............................................................................. 126
Broadcast Storms ....................................................................... 128
Preventing broadcast storms ................................................ 129
Port Rate limiting for broadcast traffic ............................... 130
List of commands in this chapter ........................................ 130
11 – VLAN .......................................................................... 132
Why VLANs? ............................................................................. 132
Creating VLANs ..................................................................... 134
Private VLANs ....................................................................... 135
Using VLANs ......................................................................... 136
List of commands in this chapter ........................................ 145
12 – Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) .................................... 147
STP features and operation ...................................................... 147
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