Attaching Cables To The Sensor; Connect The Cable To The Console Port; Connect The Cable To The Response Port - McAfee NS Series Product Manual

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Attaching cables to the Sensor

Follow the steps outlined in this chapter to connect the cables to the various ports of your Sensor.
Contents

Connect the cable to the Console port

Connect the cable to the Response port

Connect the cable to the Management port
About connecting cables to the Monitoring ports
Turning the Sensor on and off
Managing licenses for NS9500 Sensors
Connect the cable to the Console port
The Console port on the NS-series Sensor is used for setup and configuration of the Sensor.
Task
For console connections, plug the DB9 Console cable supplied by McAfee into the Console port on the
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Sensor.
This port is labeled Console in the Sensor front panel.
Connect the other end of the Console port cable directly to a COM port of the computer or terminal server
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you will use to configure the Sensor, for example, a computer running correctly configured Windows
HyperTerminal software.
You must connect directly to the console for initial configuration, you cannot configure the Sensor remotely.
Terminal servers are provided for console access. Required settings for HyperTerminal are:
Name
Baud rate
Number of bits
Parity
Stop bits
Flow control
Turn on the Sensor.
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Connect the cable to the Response port
When operating in tap or SPAN mode, the Sensor uses its Response port to respond to attacks. When deployed
in tap mode, the Sensor does not inject response packets through the tap but uses the Response port.
McAfee Network Security Platform
Setting
115200
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None
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None
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