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McAfee M-1450 Product Manual

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M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide
Revision D
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  • Page 1 M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide Revision D McAfee Network Security Platform ®...
  • Page 2 TRADEMARK ATTRIBUTIONS McAfee and the McAfee logo, McAfee Active Protection, ePolicy Orchestrator, McAfee ePO, McAfee EMM, Foundstone, McAfee LiveSafe, McAfee QuickClean, Safe Eyes, McAfee SECURE, SecureOS, McAfee Shredder, SiteAdvisor, McAfee Stinger, True Key, TrustedSource, VirusScan are trademarks or registered trademarks of McAfee, LLC or its subsidiaries in the US and other countries.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Introducing Network Security Sensors About the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor ......Physical description of the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor ..... .
  • Page 4 Contents Regulatory, compliance, and safety information Index McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...

  • Page 5: Preface

    Preface This guide provides the information you need to configure, use, and maintain your McAfee product. Contents About this guide Find product documentation About this guide This information describes the guide's target audience, the typographical conventions and icons used in this guide, and how the guide is organized.

  • Page 6: What's In This Guide

    Preface Find product documentation What's in this guide This guide contains information necessary to setup your M-1250/M-1450 Sensor model. This information includes guiding you through preconfiguring, cabling, and troubleshooting your Sensor. Find product documentation On the ServicePortal, you can find information about a released product, including product documentation, technical articles, and more.

  • Page 7: Introducing Network Security Sensors

    McAfee Network Security Manager (Manager) server. The process of configuring a Sensor and establishing communication with the Manager is described in the later chapters of this guide. The Manager server is described in detail in the McAfee Network Security Platform Manager Administration Guide.

  • Page 8: Physical Description Of The M-1250/M-1450 Sensor

    Physical description of the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Physical description of the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor The M-1250/M-1450 Sensor is equipped with eight Fast Ethernet ports (or interfaces). M-1250 can monitor up to 100 Mbps, and M-1450 can monitor upto 200 Mbps of aggregated traffic respectively. The M-1250/M-1450 Sensor can monitor four 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet segments in full-duplex mode (tap or in-line), and eight segments in half-duplex mode (monitoring SPAN ports or hubs).

  • Page 9: Front Panel Leds On M-1250/M-1450 Sensor

    Power supply. The Sensor power supply port is located on the front side of the Sensor. The supply uses a standard IEC port (IEC320-C13). McAfee provides a standard, 2m NEMA 5-15P (US) power cable (3 wire). International customers are provided with a country-appropriate power cable.
  • Page 10 Introducing Network Security Sensors Physical description of the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Status Description Response Port Speed Green The port speed is 1000 Mbps. Amber The port speed is 100 Mbps. The port speed is 10 Mbps. Response Port Link Green The link is connected.

  • Page 11: Before You Install

    ® ® • McAfee prohibits the modification or installation of any hardware or software in the Sensor appliance that is not part of the normal operation of McAfee Network Security Platform. Safety measures Please read the following warnings before you install the product. These safety measures apply to all Sensor models unless otherwise specified.

  • Page 12: Contents Of The Sensor Box

    The following accessories are shipped in the Sensor box: • One Sensor. • One power cord. McAfee provides a standard, 2m NEMA 5-15P (US) power cable (3 wire). International customers are provided a country-appropriate power cable with specific V/A ratings. • One set of rack mounting ears.
  • Page 13 Remove the Sensor from the anti-static bag. Save the box and packing materials for later use in case you need to move or ship the Sensor. If any of the contents from the preceding list are missing or damaged, contact McAfee support. See also...
  • Page 14 Before you install Unpack the Sensor McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...

  • Page 15: Setting Up The Sensor

    To mount the Sensor on a rack, you will attach two mounting ears to the Sensor, then mount the ears to the rack. The Sensor ears attach to either the front or the middle of the chassis. The illustrations in the sub-sections show the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor. Install the ears on the chassis Before you begin Before you install the ears on the chassis, make sure that power is OFF.

  • Page 16: Mount The Sensor On A Rack

    Attach the second chassis ear to the left side of the chassis. Mount the Sensor on a rack McAfee recommends rack-mounting your Sensors. The rack-mounting hardware included with the Sensors is suitable for most 19-inch equipment racks and telco-type racks. For maintenance purposes, you should have access to the front and rear of the Sensor.

  • Page 17: Cable The Sensor

    The Sensor has no power switch. It powers on as soon as one of its power cable is connected to a power source. Power off the Sensor McAfee recommends that you use the shutdown CLI command to halt the Sensor before powering it down. For more information on CLI commands, see McAfee Network Security Platform CLI Guide. McAfee...
  • Page 18 Setting up the Sensor Power on the Sensor McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...

  • Page 19: Attaching Cables To The Sensor

    Attaching cables to the Sensor Follow the steps outlined in this chapter to connect cables to the various ports on your M-1250/M-1450 Network Security Sensor. Note the following cabling specifications for the Sensor: • Category 5 Enhanced (Cat 5e) cable is required for transmission speeds up to 1 Gigabit per second (Gigabit Ethernet).

  • Page 20: Cable The Auxiliary Port

    Sensor does not inject response packets through the tap but uses the Response port. Task Plug a Cat-5e Ethernet cable into the Response port. This port is labeled Rx on the Sensor front panel. McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...

  • Page 21: Cable The Management Port

    All full-duplex Sensor deployment modes require the use of two peer monitoring ports on the Sensor. On the Sensors, the numbered ports are wired in pairs to accommodate the traffic. The following ports are coupled and must be used together on the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor: •...

  • Page 22: Default Monitoring Port Speed Settings

    Use a crossover Ethernet RJ45 cable to connect a router port to PC to the Sensor Management port. You should also use a crossover Ethernet RJ45 cable to connect a PC to the Sensor monitoring port. McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...

  • Page 23: Cable The Sensor To Monitor In In-Line Mode

    In case the Sensor fails, the Sensor's internal 10/100/1000 ports fail-open or fail-close, depending on how the ports are configured. Note that in M-1250/1450 Sensors, dongles are not required for fail-close operation. The Sensor 10/100/1000 ports support Auto-MDIX.

  • Page 24: Cable M-1250/M-1450 Sensor For Failover

    M-1250/1450 Sensors support TCP reset even when connected in tap mode. Cable M-1250/M-1450 Sensor for failover Gigabit port 4A is the failover interconnection port on the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor. A crossover failover cable is the only additional hardware required to support failover communication between two Sensors.

  • Page 25: M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Specifications

    M-1250/M-1450 Sensor specifications The following table lists the specifications of the M-1250/M-1450 Sensor: Sensor Specifications Description Dimensions M-1250/M-1450: • 1RU, rack mountable • 17.37 (W) x 1.75(H) x 13.5(D) Weight M-1250 : 15 lb (6.804 kg) M-1450: 17 lb (7.71 kg)
  • Page 26 M-1250/M-1450 Sensor specifications McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...
  • Page 27 EN 55024: 1998 + A1:2001 + A2: 2003 - Emissions: • Radiated Emissions • Conducted Emissions • EN 61000-3-2: 2000 Harmonic Current Emissions • EN 61000-3-3: 1995 + A1: 2001 Voltage Fluctuation/Flicker CISPR/KN22: • Radiated Emissions McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...
  • Page 28 Regulatory, compliance, and safety information Sensor regulatory, safety, and compliance • Conducted Emissions McAfee Network Security Platform M-1250/M-1450 Sensor Product Guide ®...
  • Page 29 Response port product-specific, finding typographical conventions and icons Safety Sensor front panel ServicePortal, finding product documentation failover ports for M-1250/M-1450 SFP module front panel LEDs Slide Rail Kit hot swappable power supply technical support, finding product information in-line mode...
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