Informational Description - Fluke TAP-100-2X16 Hardware Manual

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INFORMATIONAL DESCRIPTION

The tap port informational description described herein is provided for illustration.
Refer to your network appliance Installation Guide documentation for more details.
The TAP ports allow you to monitor one direction of the selected INLINE source data and
the other direction of the selected INLINE source data as shown in Figure 2.
DRL366-3
2 Analysis NIC Appliance A
ND
Transport NIC Appliance A
Figure 2. TAP-100-2X16 informational diagram
The top TAP A port is connected to one of the Network Interface Cards (NICs) of a network
appliance using a DRL366-3 tap cable. The selected INLINE port data is output on pins 3
and 6 of the top TAP A port.
The bottom TAP A port is connected to the other NIC of the same network appliance using
a DRL366X-3 cross-over tap cable. The selected INLINE port data is output on pins 1 and 2
of the bottom TAP A port.
6
DRL366X-3
1 ST Analysis NIC Appliance A
Transport NIC Appliance B
A A B
TAP DAISY TAP DAISY
Functionality of Appliance B NIC's
same as Appliance A
1 ST Analysis NIC Appliance B
2 Analysis NIC Appliance B
ND
B