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Smartport
This document describes the Smartports feature.
It contains the following topics:
•Overview
•What is a Smartport
•Smartport Types
•Smartport Macros
•Macro Failure and the Reset Operation
•How the Smartport Feature Works
•Auto Smartport
•Error Handling
•Default Configuration
•Relationships with Other Features and Backwards Compatibility
•Common Smartport Tasks
•Configuring Smartport...

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Overview
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Overview
The Smartport feature provides a convenient way to save and share common 
configurations. By applying the same Smartport macro to multiple interfaces, the 
interfaces share a common set of configurations. A Smartport macro is a script of 
CLI (Command Line Interface) commands 
A Smartport macro can be applied to an interface by the macro name, or by the 
Smartport type...

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What is a Smartport
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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...

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Smartport Types
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•Statically from a Smartport macro by name only from the CLI.
A Smartport macro can be applied by its Smartport type statically from CLI and 
GUI, and dynamically by Auto Smartport. Auto Smartport derives the Smartport 
types of the attached devices based on CDP capabilities, LLDP system 
capabilities, and/or LLDP-MED capabilities.
The following describes the...

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Smartport Macros
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If Auto Smartport assigns a Smartport type to an interface and the interface 
is not configured to be Auto Smartport Persistent, then its Smartport type is 
re-initialized to Default in the following cases:
-A link down/up operation is performed on the interface.
-The device is restarted.
-All devices attached to the interface have aged out, which is defined as 
the...

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Smartport Macros
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There are two types of Smartport macros:
•Built-In—These are macros provided by the system. One macro applies the 
configuration profile and the other removes it. The macro names of the built-
in Smartport macros and the Smartport type they are associated with as 
follows
-macro-name (for example: printer)
-no_macro-name (for example: no_printer)
•User-Defined—These are...

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Macro Failure and the Reset Operation
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-Else the corresponding anti-macro is applied and the interfaces status is 
set to Default.
Macro Failure and the Reset Operation
A Smartport macro might fail if there is a conflict between the existing 
configuration of the interface and a Smartport macro.
When a Smartport macro fails, a SYSLOG message containing the following 
parameters is sent:...

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Auto Smartport
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There are two ways to apply a Smartport macro by Smartport type to an 
interface:
•Static Smartport
You manually assign a Smartport type to an interface. The corresponding 
Smartport macro is applied to the interface. You can manually assign a 
Smartport type to an interface from the Smartport Interface Settings Page.
•Auto Smartport
When a device is detected from an...

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Auto Smartport
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•Enabled—This manually enables Auto Smartport and places it into 
operation immediately.
•Enable by Auto Voice VLAN—This enables Auto Smartport to operate if 
Auto Voice VLAN is enabled and in operation. Enable by Auto Voice VLAN is 
the default.
NOTEIn addition to enabling Auto Smartport globally, you must enable Auto Smartport at 
the desired interface as well. By...

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SR Bridge 0x04 Ignore
Switch 0x08 Switch
Host 0x10 Host
IGMP conditional filtering 0x20 Ignore
Repeater 0x40 Ignore
VoIP Phone 0x80 ip_phone
Remotely-Managed Device 0x100 Ignore
CAST Phone Port 0x200 Ignore
Two-Port MAC Relay 0x400 Ignore
LLDP Capabilities Mapping to Smartport Type
Capability Name LLDP Bit Smartport Type
Other 1 Ignore
Repeater IETF RFC 2108 2 Ignore
MAC...