Cabling The Interconnect Ports; Cabling The Monitoring Port; Using Peer Ports - McAfee IIP-M80K-ISAA - Network Security Platform M-8000 Product Manual

McAfee® IntruShield® IPS 4.1
M-8000 Sensor Product Guide

Cabling the Interconnect ports

The Interconnect ports are used to connect the primary sensor to the secondary
sensor. To connect the sensors:
1
2
3
4
5

Cabling the Monitoring port

Connect to the network devices you will be monitoring via the sensor Monitoring
ports. You can deploy sensors in the operating modes shown in the following table.
Cabling instructions for the sensor Monitoring ports are shown on the pages
indicated.
In-line mode (fail-closed)
In-line mode (fail-open)
External tap mode
SPAN or Hub mode
Failover

Using peer ports

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 XFP 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and SFP Gigabit Ethernet ports are
coupled and must be used together:
Plug the supplied Ethernet cable into the XC1 port of the of the primary sensor.
Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable used in Step 1 into the XC4 port of
the secondary sensor.
Insert the supplied XFP modules into the XC2, XC3, XC5, and XC6 ports on the
primary and secondary sensors.
McAfee supports the use only of McAfee-supplied modules or modules
Note:
from approved vendors.
Plug one end of an LC-LC fiber-optic cable into the XC2 port of the primary
sensor and connect the other end of the cable to the XC5 port of the secondary
sensor.
Plug one end of an LC-LC fiber-optic cable into the XC3 port of the primary
sensor and connect the other end of the cable to the XC6 port of the secondary
sensor.
To cable the M-8000 in this mode...
Attaching Cables to the M-8000
Cabling for in-line mode
Using fail-open hardware
Cabling for TAP mode
Cabling for SPAN or hub mode
Cabling the Failover interconnection ports
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Cabling the Interconnect ports
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