Table Of Contents - McAfee IIP-M80K-ISAA - Network Security Platform M-8000 Product Manual

Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................... v
Introducing McAfee IntruShield IPS .............................................................................................. v
About this guide............................................................................................................................. v
Audience ....................................................................................................................................... v
Contents of this guide....................................................................................................................vi
Contacting Technical Support .......................................................................................................vi
Related documentation .................................................................................................................vi
Conventions used in this guide ....................................................................................................vii
Chapter 1 Overview...................................................................................... 1
About IntruShield sensors ............................................................................................................. 1
Sensor functionality ....................................................................................................................... 1
Network topology considerations .................................................................................................. 1
M-8000 key features...................................................................................................................... 2
M-8000 physical description.......................................................................................................... 2
Ports .......................................................................................................................................3
Front panel LEDs ...................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2 Before You Install ....................................................................... 7
Usage Restrictions ........................................................................................................................ 7
Safety measures ........................................................................................................................... 7
Working with Fiber-Optic ports ...................................................................................................... 8
Contents of the box ....................................................................................................................... 8
Unpacking the sensor.................................................................................................................... 9
Chapter 3 Setting up an M-8000................................................................ 10
Setup Overview ........................................................................................................................... 10
Positioning the sensor ................................................................................................................. 10
Installing the rails and ears on the chassis and rack............................................................10
Mounting a sensor in a rack .................................................................................................11
Removing a sensor from the rack ........................................................................................11
Using the redundant power supply.............................................................................................. 12
Installing the power supply...................................................................................................12
Removing the power supply.................................................................................................13
Cabling the sensor ...................................................................................................................... 13
Using Small-factor Pluggable modules ....................................................................................... 14
Modules Description.............................................................................................................14
Installing a module ...............................................................................................................15
Removing a module .............................................................................................................16
Power-on the sensor ................................................................................................................... 16
Powering off the sensor............................................................................................................... 16
Chapter 4 Attaching Cables to the M-8000 .............................................. 17
Cabling the Console port............................................................................................................. 17
Cabling the Auxiliary port ............................................................................................................ 17
Cabling the Response port.......................................................................................................... 18
Cabling the Fail-Open port .......................................................................................................... 18
Cabling the Management port ..................................................................................................... 18
Cabling the Interconnect ports .................................................................................................... 19
Cabling the Monitoring port ......................................................................................................... 19
Using peer ports ...................................................................................................................19
Default Monitoring port speed settings.................................................................................20
Cable types for routers, switches, hubs, and PCs ...............................................................21
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