McAfee M-2950 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Preface 5
About this guide ................................... 5
Audience ...................................5
Conventions ..................................5
What's in this guide ...............................6
Find product documentation ...............................6
1 Introducing Network Security Sensors 7
About the M-2850/M-2950 Sensor .............................7
M-2850/M-2950 key features .............................. 8
M-2850/M-2950 physical description ............................8
Ports on the Sensor ...............................8
Front and back panel LEDs ............................10
2 Before you install 13
Usage restrictions .................................. 13
Safety measures ...................................13
Working with
ber-optic ports ..............................14
Contents of the Sensor box ...............................14
Unpack the Sensor ..................................15
3 Setting up the Sensor 17
Setup overview ................................... 17
Position the Sensor ..................................17
Install the rails and ears on the chassis and rack ....................17
Mount the Sensor on a rack ........................... 18
Remove a Sensor from the rack .......................... 18
Redundant power supply ............................... 19
Install the power supply .............................19
Remove the power supply ............................ 19
Cable the Sensor .................................. 20
Small form-factor pluggable modules ...........................20
SFP module ................................. 21
Power on the Sensor .................................22
Power
o the Sensor .................................22
4 Attaching cables to the Sensor 23
Cable the Console port ................................ 23
Cable the Auxiliary port ................................ 24
Cable the fail-open port ................................24
Cable the Management port .............................. 24
Cable the Monitoring ports ...............................24
How to use peer ports ............................. 25
Default Monitoring port speed settings ....................... 25
Cable types for routers, switches, hubs, and PCs ....................25
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