Installation guide

McAfee® Network Security Platform 6.0

Cabling the heartbeat connection

GBIC cabling

All Sensor models other than the I-1200 and I-1400 use a standard GBIC, Small Form-

factor Pluggable (SFP) GBIC, or 10GbE Small Form-factor Pluggable (XFP) GBIC to make

the heartbeat connection.

Before you attempt to cable failover with a GBIC, complete the following steps:

1 Determine the appropriate GBIC (standard, SFP, or XFP) for the model at hand.

2 Determine the connector type required to plug the fiber optic cable into the chosen

GBIC.

3 Determine the correct GBIC module type and cable to support the distance between

the Sensor pair.

Note: If you are using copper GBICs, then use Category 6 Enhanced (Cat 6e)

straight cable.

The table below addresses the first two steps. It builds off the previous table to include

columns for the port type and corresponding cable connector type:

I-series Sensor data:

Sensor model Port(s) used for heartbeat connection Port type Cable connector type

I-4010 6A and 6B (HA1 and HA2) SFP LC

I-4000 2A and 2B GBIC SC

I-3000 6A and 6B (HA1 and HA2) SFP LC

I-2700 4A GBIC SC

I-1400 R1 (response port) Ethernet RJ45

I-1200 R1 (response port) Ethernet RJ45

M-series Sensor and N-450 Sensor data:

Sensor

model

Port(s) used for heartbeat connection Port

type

Cable connector

type

M-8000 3A and 3B (HA1 and HA2) XFP LC

M-6050 4A (HA1—Note that port 4B or HA2

remains unused)

XFP LC

M-4050 2A XFP LC

M-3050 2A XFP LC

M-2750 10A SFP LC

M-1450 4A Copper RJ45

M-1250 4A Copper RJ45

N-450 10A and 10B SFP LC