Smartport Types

Smartport types refers to the types of devices attached, or to be attached to Smartports. The switch supports the following Smartports:

Each Smartport type is associated with two built-in Smartport macros. One Smartport Macro is applied to interfaces identified with the corresponding Smartport type. The other Smartport Macro, referred as anti-macro, is applied to remove the configuration from the interfaces.

You can apply a Smartport macro by the macro name or by the associated Smartport type. You can statically apply a Smartport macro by name only from 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.

Table 1 describes the relationship of Smartport types and Auto Smartport

Table 1 

Smartport Type

Supported by Auto Smartport

Supported by Auto Smartport by default

Unknown

No

No

Default

No

No

Printer

No

No

Desktop

No

No

Guest

No

No

Server

No

No

Host

Yes

No

IP camera

No

No

IP phone

Yes

Yes

IP phone desktop

Yes

Yes

Switch

Yes

Yes

Router

Yes

No

Wireless Access Point

Yes

Yes