McAfee M-2850 - How to Use Peer Ports; Default Monitoring Port Speed Settings; Cable Types for Routers, Switches, Hubs, and Pcs

• In-line mode (fail-closed) • 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 trac.
The following SFP Gigabit Ethernet ports are coupled and must be used together:
Port Pairs Transceiver Type
1A and 1B SFP
2A and 2B SFP
3A and 3B SFP
4A and 4B SFP
5A and 5B SFP
6A and 6B SFP
• You cannot congure, for example, 1A and 2A to work together as a pair.
• Since monitoring ports are internally wired, when you disable one of the ports in a pair, the
corresponding port is also disabled.
Figure 4-1 Using peer ports
Default Monitoring port speed settings
Be sure that the switch/router ports connected to the Sensor Monitoring ports match the Sensor
conguration.
Table 4-1 Default Monitoring port speed settings
Monitoring Ports Operating Mode Speed/Duplex Setting
SFP ports for copper In-line fail-close (port pair) Auto-negotiation is on.
SFP ports for ber-optic In-line fail-close (port pair) Auto-negotiation is on.
Cable types for routers, switches, hubs, and PCs
This section describes the types of cables that you require to connect the Sensor to other network devices:
Attaching cables to the Sensor
Cable the Monitoring ports
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