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7STATUS MONITORING AND STATISTICS
RMON 53
What is RMON? 53
The RMON Groups 54
Benefits of RMON 54
RMON and the Switch 55
Alarm Events 56
The Default Alarm Settings 56
The Audit Log 57
Email Notification of Events 57
Hardware Status Monitoring 58
8SETTING UP VIRTUAL LANS
What are VLANs? 61
Benefits of VLANs 62
VLANs and Your Switch 63
The Default VLAN 63
Creating New VLANs 63
VLANs: Tagged and Untagged Membership 64
Placing a Port in a Single VLAN 64
Connecting VLANS to Other VLANS 65
VLAN Configuration Examples 66
Using Untagged Connections 66
Using 802.1Q Tagged Connections 67
9USING AUTOMATIC IP CONFIGURATION
How Your Switch Obtains IP Information 70
How Automatic IP Configuration Works 70
Automatic Process 71
Important Considerations 72
Server Support 72
Event Log Entries andTraps 72
ACONFIGURATION RULES
Configuration Rules for Gigabit Ethernet 75
Configuration Rules for Fast Ethernet 76