McAfee IIP-M65K-ISAA Product Guide - Page 27

Attaching Cables to the Sensor About connecting cables to the Monitoring ports 4 Task 1 Plug a Cat 5/Cat 5e Ethernet cable into the Management port. This port is labeled Mgmt on the front panel of the Sensor. 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the network device, such as a hub, switch, or a router that in turn connects to the Manager server. To isolate and protect your management traffic, McAfee strongly recommends that you use a separate, dedicated management subnet to interconnect the Sensors and the Manager. About connecting cables to the Monitoring ports Connect to the network devices that you want to monitor through the Sensor monitoring ports. You can deploy Sensors in the following operating modes: • In-line mode (fail-close) • SPAN or hub mode • In-line mode (fail-open) • Failover • External tap mode How to use 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: Port Pairs (and Transceiver Type) 1A and 1B (XFP) 2A and 2B (XFP) 3A and 3B (XFP) 4A and 4B (XFP) 5A and 5B (SFP) 6A and 6B (SFP) 7A and 7B (SFP) 8A and 8B (SFP) You cannot configure, for example, IA and 2A to work together as a pair. Figure 4-1 Peer ports McAfee® Network Security Platform M-6050 Sensor Product Guide 27