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Cluster requirements

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To create clusters of one or more Intelligent Sandbox Appliances, make sure your environment meets the requirements.

  • Use the Intelligent Sandbox Appliance eth-0 interfaces, or management ports.

  • For optimal performance, node eth-0 interfaces must be in the same layer-2 network of the OSI reference model.

    Note

    When you set up a Virtual Intelligent Sandbox cluster, the Primary and Backup nodes must reside on same VMware EXSi server. The Secondary nodes can be on same or a different VMware EXSi server.

  • All nodes must have the same:

    • Intelligent Sandbox software version

    • Analyzer VMs

    • Trellix Anti-Malware Engine DAT and engine versions

    • Trellix Gateway Anti-Malware Engine DAT and engine versions