Managing Non-Standard Ports; Creating An Interface Group - McAfee M-1250 - Network Security Platform Configuration Manual

McAfee® Network Security Platform 5.1
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Figure 174: Sensor Name Node - Advanced Scanning Tab

Managing Non-standard Ports

The description and steps for non-standard port usage was previously introduced in the
Sensors
requires different non-standard ports configured, add/edit/delete the non-standard port
entries as described in Configuring non-standard ports (on page 51). In configuration
steps, replace the Sensors node with Sensor_Name.

Creating an interface group

The
effective monitoring of asymmetric environments. Asymmetric networks are common in
load balancing and active/passive configurations. Interface groups normalize the impact of
traffic flows split across multiple interfaces, thus maintaining state to avoid information
loss.
Once configured, an interface group appears in the Resource Tree as a single interface
node (icon) under the Sensor where it is located. All of the ports that make up the interface
are configured as one logical entity, keeping the configuration consistent.
Caution:
settings, all of the previous configurations performed for the interface group are
erased in favor of the new port configuration. This can affect sub-interfaces and
policy settings.
To add an interface group, do the following:
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Figure 175: Interface Group List
Configuring IP settings (on page 172): Customize IPv4 and IPv6 alerting parameters.
Configuring alert suppression with packet log response (on page 176): Set a
suppression threshold for multiple identical attacks (such as a flood) for a Source-
Destination IP pair within the same VIPS (interface or sub-interface).
resource configuration. If the network being monitored by a specific Sensor
Interface Groups
action enables multiple Sensor ports to be grouped together for the
If after initial interface group configuration you decide to change your
IPS Settings Sensor_Name > Advanced Scanning > Interface Groups
Click /
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The IPS Sensor_Name node
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