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User Guide P10GSFPBPFE 12/2022 Release Version: 4.22.1...
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Table of Contents (click topic to go directly to the page) 1. Dashboard Bypass Mode LED Indications Span Mode LED Indications Span (Packet Inject) Mode LED Indications Breakout Mode LED Indications...
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Timezone Manually Set Date & Time NTP No Authentication (Symmetric) NTP Authentication (Symmetric) Syslog Syslog Test SNMP SNMP Test Export Configuration Import Configuration Software Upgrade Reboot 3. Bypass Mode Bypass Tap Name...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 1. Dashboard This section provides an overview of the dashboard architectures and LED indications. The port assignments and LED indications will change on the dashboard based on the mode configured.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Span Mode LED Indications Port 1 L/A1 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 2 L/A2 Span Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 L/A Span Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 H/M Port 4 L/A...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Span (Packet Inject) Mode LED Indications Port 1 L/A1 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 2 L/A2 Span and Packet Inject Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 L/A Span and Packet Inject Port Link/Activity LED...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Breakout Mode LED Indications Port 1 L/A1 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 2 L/A2 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 L/A Breakout Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 H/M Port 4 L/A...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Filter Mode LED Indications Port 1 L/A1 Filter Port Link/Activity LED Port 2 L/A2 Filter Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 L/A Filter Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 H/M Port 4 L/A...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Aggregate Mode LED Indications Port 1 L/A1 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 2 L/A2 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 L/A Aggregate Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 H/M Port 4 L/A...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Filter Tap Mode LED Indications Port 1 L/A1 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 2 L/A2 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 L/A Breakout/Aggregate Port Link/Activity LED Port 3 H/M Port 4 L/A...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Bypass Filter Mode LED Indications Port 1 L/A1 Network Port Link/Activity LED Port 2 L/A2 Network Port Link/Activity LED Bypass LED Port 3 L/A Inline Appliance Link/Activity LED Port 3 H/M...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 2. System The following configuration options may be displayed, modified, enabled or disabled under the System panel. System Info SNMP General Export Configuration Admin Import Configuration Network Settings Software Upgrade Date &...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 System Info The System Information panel displays the following. Chassis Name Chassis Model Chassis Serial Number MAC Address Software Version 1. Select System Info. The System Information panel will be displayed.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 1. Select Users + to create a new user. The Create New User panel will be displayed. 2. Enter the Username. 3. Enter the Password. 4. Select the group for the user.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 1. Select Authentication Settings. The Authentication Settings panel will be displayed. Local authentication is enabled by default. Local Authentication Disable 1. Deselect Local Authentication. Local authentication may only be disabled provided that TACACS authentication, primary or secondary has previously been enabled.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 TACACS Ping Test This option may be used to verify the network connectivity from the unit to the TACACS server. The TACACS Ping option will be active only if TACACS authentication has been previously enabled.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Network Settings Upon the initial turn up via the serial interface the IPv4 address, IPv4 gateway, IPv6 address and IPv6 gateway may have been already established. The IPv4 and IPv6 management interfaces may be enabled or disabled independently as well as both enabled or disabled simultaneously.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 2. Enter the desired Address. 3. Enter the desired Gateway. 4. Select Save. IPv6 Disable 1. Deselect Enable IPv6. 2. Select Save. If the IPv4 management interface has not been enabled the GUI will display a message “Disabling IPv4 and IPv6, GUI will disconnect.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 4. Refresh Browser. 5. Verify SSL Certificate Loaded “true”. 6. Verify Using Uploaded SSL Certificate “false”. Date & Time The following configuration options may be displayed, modified, enabled or disabled.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 6. Select Cancel to return to the Date & Time Settings panel. NTP No Authentication (Symmetric) The system supports an IPv4 or IPv6 address for NTP timing. If IPv4 is desired, then an IPv4 management interface must be assigned.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Syslog The system supports an IPv4 or IPv6 address for Syslog. If IPv4 is desired, then an IPv4 management interface must be assigned. If IPv6 is desired, then an IPv6 management interface must be assigned.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 3. Select Enable SNMP Config. 4. Enter the desired Access Port number or use the default, 161. 5. Enter the desired Trap Port number or use the default, 162. 6. Enter the IPv4 or IPv6 Address.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 2. Select Choose File. 3. Select the desired exportCfg.json file. 4. Select Open. 5. Select Upload. The unit will automatically verify the selected exportCfg.json file. 6. Select Configure. The unit will import and load the exportCfg.json. An “import done” message will be displayed when complete.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 3. Bypass Mode In this mode, the network ports 1 and 2 and inline appliance ports 3 and 4 are defined by the system. The network ports are typically connected to network devices such as a server or router. The inline appliance ports are typically connected to an inline appliance or tool to monitor the network traffic.
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 The following configuration options may be displayed, modified, enabled or disabled under the Bypass Taps panel. Bypass Taps Panel Tap Settings Bypass Tap Name Heartbeat Settings 1. Select Bypass Taps on the Dashboard Menu bar.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 The Bypass Taps panel will be displayed. Bypass Tap Name 1. Select the Pencil icon for the desired tap. The Tap Name panel will be displayed. 2. Enter the name.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Taps Settings The following configuration options may be displayed, modified, enabled or disabled. Tap Modes Fail Mode Reverse Bypass 1. Edit the Tap Settings, by placing the cursor on the tap and double-press the left mouse button.
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Force Bypass If selected, the tap will switch the traffic between the network ports with no regard for the inline appliance port(s), link or heartbeats. Typically used during maintenance activities.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 7 Bypass Mode (Reverse Bypass) 7. Select Accept to save updates. Save must additionally be selected on the Bypass Taps panel. 8. Select Cancel to return the Bypass Taps panel.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 5. Span Packet Inject Mode In this mode, the network port 1 and span packet inject ports 2, 3 and 4 are defined by the system. Port 1 is an ingress and egress port. The traffic ingressed in port 1 is egressed out ports 2, 3 and 4.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 6. Breakout Mode In this mode, the network ports 1 and 2 and breakout ports 3 and 4 are defined by the system. LFP is supported on the network ports in this mode. The traffic ingressed in port 1 is egressed out port 3.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 11 Breakout Mode (LFP) If link is lost on one of the network ports. The TX will be disabled on the other network port. The RX for both network ports remain on.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Packet Broker The following configuration options may be displayed, modified, enabled or disabled under the Packet Broker panel. Filter Templates Config Maps Statistics 1. Select Packet Broker on the Dashboard Menu bar.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 The Packet Broker Configurations panel will be displayed. Filter Templates Filter templates may be created as a pass all, pass by or deny by. Pass by and deny by templates may include multiple matching options to filter traffic.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Source IPv6 Address / Source IP Mask IPv6 is not supported for this model Destination IPv6 Address / Destination IP Mask IPv6 is not supported for this model Inner VLAN ID...
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 3. Select the Name pencil icon to apply a name, optional. If no name is entered the system will automatically apply a name to the config maps as follows, map, map(1), map(2) etc.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 15 Filter System Considerations 2. Filter templates may be modified by selecting the green filter icon for the desired template. The Edit Filter panel will be displayed. Any option modification made will not change the original template.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 3. Select Cancel to disregard. Modify a Config Map 1. Modify a config map by selecting the Edit icon. Modifications may be made using the create sections previously discussed. Config Map Statistics Config map statistics are displayed in the filter match column for each config map.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 4. Select Refresh Counts to refresh the statistics. 5. Select Clear Counts to clear and refresh the statistics. 6. Select the Egress Filter icon to display the statistics. Delete Config Map 1.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 17 Config Map System Considerations Method 1 1. Select the up or down arrow for the config map. 2. Select Save to save updates. Method 2 1. Select Set.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 5. Select Save to save updates. Enable/Disable Config Map Config maps may be enabled or disabled as desired. If a config map is enabled, it is in the database and available for traffic.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 18 Aggregate Mode Figure 19 Aggregate Mode (LFP) If link is lost on one of the network ports. The TX will be disabled on the other network port. The RX for both network ports remain on.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 20 Filter Tap Mode Figure 21 Filter Tap Mode (LFP) If link is lost on one of the network ports. The TX will be disabled on the other network port.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 1. Select Packet Broker on the Dashboard Menu bar. The Packet Broker Configurations panel will be displayed. Filter Templates Filter templates may be created as a pass all, pass by or deny by. Pass by and deny by templates may include multiple matching options to filter traffic.
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 options. Thus, for traffic to pass or be denied it must match all defined options. Once a template is created it will appear on the Create Config Map panel and may be used to create an ingress or egress filter.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Config Maps Config maps are unidirectional connections between ingress port(s) to egress port(s) and/or a load balancing group. 1. Select Configuration Maps. The Packet Broker Configurations panel will be displayed.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 22 Ingress 2. Remove a port by selecting the red X. Filter 1. Add filters by placing the cursor on the desired filter template. A previously created filter template or the new filter template option may be selected. Select with the left mouse button. Drag the filter template to the Filter panel and release.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 3. Enter the filter name, optional. If no name is entered the system will automatically apply a name to the filter as follows, iFlt, iFlt(2), iFlt(3) etc. 4. Select Accept once all desired options have been modified.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Config Map Statistics Config map statistics are displayed in the filter match column for each config map. The number displayed represents all packets that have passed through the config map.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 2. The Select All option may be selected to delete all config maps. 3. Select Delete Selected. Config Map Priority The config map priority needs to be considered when the same ingress port(s) is used in multiple config maps to send traffic to multiple egress ports.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 3. Select Set to accept the priority value. 4. Select Cancel to disregard. 5. Select Save to save updates. Enable/Disable Config Map Config maps may be enabled or disabled as desired. If a config map is enabled, it is in the database and available for traffic.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 10. Bypass Filter Mode In this mode, the network ports 1 and 2 and inline appliance ports 3 and 4 are defined by the system, however there are no default config maps created between network port 1 and inline appliance port 3 or between network port 2 and inline appliance port 4.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Bypass Taps The following configuration options may be displayed, modified, enabled or disabled under the Bypass Taps panel. Bypass Taps Panel Tap Settings Bypass Tap Name Heartbeat Settings 1. Select Bypass Taps on the Dashboard Menu bar.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Bypass Tap Name 1. Select the Pencil icon for the desired tap. The Tap Name panel will be displayed. 2. Enter the name. 3. Remove the name by placing the cursor in the name panel, backspace or delete the current name.
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Active Allows the tap to automatically switch from inline to bypass if an issue occurs with the inline appliance port(s), loss of link or heartbeats. When the issue with the inline appliance port(s) is resolved, link and heartbeats restored, the tap will automatically switch back to inline.
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 30 Bypass Filter Mode (Force Bypass) 4. Select the Fail Mode. Closed If power is lost to the unit. The traffic will drop between the network ports. 5. LFP If enabled and link is lost on one of the network ports.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 7. Select Accept to save updates. Save must additionally be selected on the Bypass Taps panel. 8. Select Cancel to return the Bypass Taps panel. Filters The following configuration options may be displayed, modified, enabled or disabled under the Filters panel.
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User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 The Filter Configurations panel will be displayed. Filter Templates Filter templates may be created as a pass all, pass by or deny by. Pass by and deny by templates may include multiple matching options to filter traffic. The options are considered by the system as (and) options.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 10. The filter template may be deleted by selecting the Red X. Config Map Config maps are unidirectional connections between ingress port(s) to egress port(s) and/or a load balancing group.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Ingress 1. Add an ingress port(s) 1 and/or 2 by placing the cursor on the desired port. Select with the left mouse button. Drag the port to the Ingress panel and release. Ports may be added in any combination. If ports 1 and 2 are added, then the traffic from the ports will be aggregated.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 2. Filter templates may be modified by selecting the green filter icon for the desired template. The Edit Filter panel will be displayed. Any option modification made will not change the original template.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Modify a Config Map 1. Modify a config map by selecting the Edit icon. Modifications may be made using the create sections previously discussed. Config Map Statistics Config map statistics are displayed in the filter match column for each config map. The number displayed represents all packets that have passed through the config map.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Delete Config Map 1. Select the Delete in the Delete column for the desired config map(s). 2. The Select All option may be selected to delete all config maps. 3. Select Delete Selected.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Figure 37 Config Map System Considerations Method 1 1. Select the up or down arrow for the config map. 2. Select Save to save updates. Method 2 1. Select Set.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 Enable Config Map 1. Select the red dash for the config map in the Enable column. The red dash will change to a green check. 2. Select Save. 11. Port Info The following configuration options may be displayed or modified under the Port Info panel.
User Guide XtraTAP™ Portable Packet Broker | P10GSFPBPFE | 4.22.1 The Port Configuration panel will be displayed. Port Configuration The port configuration is displayed by default. The Description, Set Speed and Mode may be modified. All other options are display only. However, they may be updated by selecting Refresh.
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