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TippingPoint 10/110/330 Hardware Installation and Safety Guide 1

1System Overview

The TippingPoint

system is a high-speed, comprehensive security system that includes the Intrusion

Prevention System (IPS),

Local Security Manager (LSM), Digital Vaccine™, the Security Management

System Appliance

, and the Core Controller.

Overview

Enterprise security schemes once consisted of a conglomeration of disparate, static devices from multiple

vendors. Today, TippingPoint’s security system provides the advantages of a single, integrated, highly

adaptive security system that includes powerful hardware and an intuitive management interface.

This section includes the following topics:

• ”TippingPoint Architecture” on page 1

• ”Security Management System (SMS)” on page 2

• ”Intrusion Prevention System Devices (IPS)” on page 3

• ”Core Controller” on page 4

• ”High Availability” on page 4

• ”Threat Suppression Engine” on page 5

• ”Threat Management Center” on page 5

TippingPoint Architecture

The TippingPoint System uses a flexible architecture that consists of a Java-based SMS Client, SMS

Management Server, IPS device(s), and Local Clients including the Local Security Manager (LSM) and

Command Line Interface (CLI). The system may also include the Core Controller, a hardware appliance that

balances traffic loads for one or more IPSes. The following diagram provides an overview of the

architecture:

Figure 1-1 TippingPoint Architecture