What Is A Smartport; Smartport Types - Cisco 300 Series Administration Manual

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What is a Smartport

A Smartport is an interface to which a built-in (or user-defined) macro may be

applied. These macros are designed to provide a means of quickly configuring the

device to support the communication requirements and utilize the features of

various types of network devices. The network access and QoS requirements

vary if the interface is connected to an IP phone, a printer, or a router and/or

Access Point (AP).

Smartport types refers to the types of devices attached, or to be attached to

Smartports. The device supports the following Smartport types:

IP Phone+Desktop

Wireless Access Point

Smartport types are named so that they describe the type of device connected to

an interface. Each Smartport type is associated with two Smartport macros. One

macro, called "the macro" serves to apply the desired configuration. The other,

called "the anti-macro," serves to undo all configuration performed by "the macro"

when that interface happens to become a different Smartport type.

You can apply a Smartport macro by the following methods:

The associated Smartport type.

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