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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 McAfee® Network Security Platform [formerly McAfee® Intrushield®] delivers the most 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. 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. Conventions used in this book This document uses the following typographical conventions: Convention Example Terms that identify fields, buttons, tabs, options, selections, and commands on the User Interface (UI) are shown in Arial Narrow bold font. The Service field on the Properties tab specifies the name of the requested service. Menu or action group selections are indicated using a right angle bracket. Procedures are presented as a series of numbered steps. Select My Company > Admin Domain > Summary. 1. On the Configuration tab, click Backup. Names of keys on the keyboard Press ENTER. are denoted using UPPER CASE. Text such as syntax, key words, and values that you must type exactly are denoted using Courier New font. Type: setup and then press ENTER. v

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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
McAfee
®
Network Security Platform [formerly McAfee
®
Intrushield
®
] delivers the most
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.
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.
Conventions used in this book
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
Convention
Example
Terms that identify fields, buttons,
tabs, options, selections, and
commands on the User Interface
(UI) are shown in
Arial Narrow
bold
font.
The
Service
field on the
Properties
tab specifies the
name of the requested service.
Menu or action group selections
are indicated using a right angle
bracket.
Select
My Company > Admin Domain > Summary.
Procedures are presented as a
series of numbered steps.
1. On the
Configuration tab
, click
Backup
.
Names of keys on the keyboard
are denoted using UPPER CASE.
Press ENTER.
Text such as syntax, key words,
and values that you must type
exactly are denoted using
Courier New
font.
Type:
setup
and then press ENTER.