McAfee® IntruShield® IPS 4.1
Attaching cables to the I-4000 Sensor
IntruShield Sensor 4000 Product Guide
Cabling the Management port
Cabling the I-4000 Monitoring ports
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.
To cable the I-4000 in this
mode...
See...
In-line mode (fail-closed)
Cabling the I-4000to monitor in in-line mode
(on page
22
)
In-line mode (fail-open)
Using fail-open hardware (on page
24
)
External tap mode
Cabling I-4000 GBIC's ports in external Tap
mode (on page
22
)
SPAN or Hub mode
Cabling the I-4000 sensor to monitor in SPAN
or hub mode
Failover
Cabling I-4000 sensors for failover (on page
23
)
Using peer ports for I-4000
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:
Port pairs
1A and 1B (GBIC ports)
2A and 2B (GBIC ports)
Note:
You cannot configure, for example, 1A and 2A to work together as a pair.
Figure 6: Peer Ports on the I-4000
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