Preface; Introducing Mcafee Network Security Platform; About This Guide; Audience - McAfee M4050 - Network Security Platform Troubleshooting Manual

Preface

This preface provides a brief introduction to the product, discusses the information in this
document, and explains how this document is organized. It also provides information such
as, the supporting documents for this guide and how to contact McAfee Technical Support.

Introducing McAfee Network Security Platform

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McAfee Network Security Platform [formerly McAfee
comprehensive, accurate, and scalable Network Access Control (NAC), network Intrusion
Prevention System (IPS) and Network Threat Behavior Analysis (NTBA) for mission-critical
enterprise, carrier and service provider networks, while providing unmatched protection
against spyware; known, zero-day, and encrypted attacks.
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McAfee Network Threat Behavior Analysis Appliance provides the capability of monitoring
network traffic by analyzing NetFlow information flowing through the network in real time,
thus complementing the NAC and IPS capabilities in a scenario in which McAfee Network
Security Sensor, NAC Sensor, and NTBA Appliance are installed and managed through a
single Manager.

About this Guide

This guide provides the basic troubleshooting techniques for Network Security Platform.
You get information on the key issues to be taken care of in the McAfee
Manager [formerly McAfee
Sensor [formerly McAfee
from installing Network Security Platform to troubleshooting the system.
This guide provides detailed sections on the following topics:
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Pre-installation recommendations
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Hardening McAfee Network Security Manager (Manager) Server
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Troubleshooting techniques
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How to use the InfoCollector tool and Manager Watchdog

Audience

This guide is intended for use by network technicians responsible for maintaining the
Network Security Platform and analyzing and disseminating the resulting data. It is
assumed that you are familiar with IPS-related tasks, the relationship between tasks, and
the commands necessary to perform particular tasks.
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IntruShield Security Manager] and McAfee
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IntruShield Sensor] software in a step-by- step manner; right
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Network Security
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