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Locations: Objects that represent physical or logical groups of one or more
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network segments. The installation procedure automatically creates the
first location object, named Enterprise by default.
Symantec Network Security nodes: The object category for both software
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and appliance nodes.
Software nodes: Objects that represent the Symantec Network Security
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software installed on a designated computer.
7100 Series nodes: Objects that represent the Symantec Network
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Security 7100 Series appliances.
Network devices: The object category for both routers and router interfaces.
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Routers: Objects that represent devices that store data packets and
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forward them along the most expedient route. Symantec Network
Security monitors this connection between hosts or networks.
Interfaces: Objects that represent boundaries across which separate
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elements can communicate. Interfaces provide the point of contact
between Symantec Network Security and routers.
Smart Agents: Objects that represent the entry point for event data from
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Symantec Decoy Server, Symantec Network Security Smart Agents, and
other third-party sensors.
Managed network segments: Objects that represent subnets in which the
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network devices and interfaces reside. The Network Security console
automatically creates a network segment object for each unique subnet.
Interfaces: Objects that represent boundaries across which separate
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elements can communicate. Interfaces provide the point of contact between
Symantec Network Security and your network devices.
Monitoring interfaces: Objects that represent dedicated ports that
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mirror incoming or outgoing traffic on a software or appliance node.
In-line pairs: Objects that represent pairs of interfaces on a 7100 Series
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appliance node that are directly in the network traffic path. For a given
flow, one interface connects to inbound traffic and the other to
outbound traffic. Only in-line pairs can be configured to block
malicious traffic.
Interface groups: Objects that represent groups of two to four
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interfaces on a 7100 Series appliance node that share a common
sensor. Interface groups are used to monitor asymmetrically routed
network environments, and are configurable only on 7100 Series
nodes.
Populating the topology database
About the network topology
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