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Connect the cables for tap mode

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To deploy the Sensor in tap mode, you must use a Sensor's Gigabit Ethernet Monitoring port pair with a third-party external tap.

Note

For a list of Trellix-approved third party vendors, see the KnowledgeBase at https://supportm.trellix.com. Enter the relevant KnowledgeBase article in Search the Support Knowledge Center and click Search to locate the relevant KnowledgeBase article.

Steps:

  1. Plug the cable appropriate for use with your transceiver module into one of the Monitoring ports, for example, G1/1.

  2. Plug the cable appropriate for use with your transceiver module into one of the Monitoring ports labeled G1/2.

  3. Connect the other end of each cable to the tap.

  4. Connect the network devices that you want to monitor to the tap.