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Several of the Cisco small business switches allow you to assign roles to ports depending on what device you are connecting. What is this functionality called? Select exactly 1 answer(s) from the foll
The correct answer is D. SmartPorts. The functionality on Cisco small business switches that allows assigning roles to ports based on the connected device is called SmartPorts.
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Several of the Cisco small business switches allow you to assign roles to ports depending on what device you are connecting. What is this functionality called? Select exactly 1 answer(s) from the following:
Options
- ACDP
- BLLOP-MED
- CFindlT
- DSmartPorts
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- C7% (4)
- D87% (47)
Why each option
The functionality on Cisco small business switches that allows assigning roles to ports based on the connected device is called SmartPorts.
CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol) is a proprietary Layer 2 protocol used for discovering directly connected Cisco devices and gathering information about them, not for assigning roles to ports.
LLDP-MED (Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint Discovery) is an extension of LLDP used for advanced network device discovery and configuration, particularly for VoIP devices, but it is not the name of the port role assignment feature.
FindIT is a suite of tools and a network probe from Cisco that helps monitor and manage Cisco Small Business devices, but it is not the name of the port role assignment feature.
SmartPorts is a feature on Cisco Small Business switches that automatically configures switch ports with optimized settings, such as QoS, security, and VLANs, based on the type of device detected or manually assigned to that port.
Concept tested: Cisco SmartPorts feature
Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/smb/switches/cisco-small-business-300-series-managed-switches/smb5463-cisco-smartports-on-sg300-and-sg500-series-switches.html
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