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Connecting heartbeat cables

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There is no standard heartbeat port across all Sensor models. Instead, the port or ports you use to connect the two Sensors for failover depends directly on the model at hand. The details are as follows:

NS-series Sensor model

Port used for heartbeat connection

NS9600 standalone

G0/1

NS9600 stack (2-node)

G0/3

NS9500

G0/1

NS9300

G1/1 and G1/2

NS9200

G0/1

NS9100

G0/1

NS7600

  • G0/1 for 5 Gbps capacity

  • G0/1 and G0/2 for 10 and 15 Gbps capacity

NS7500

G0/1

NS7350

G0/1

NS7250

G0/1

NS7150

G0/1

NS7300

G0/1

NS7200

G0/1

NS7100

G0/1

NS5200

G1/1 and G1/2

NS5100

G1/1 and G1/2

NS3600

5

NS3200/NS3100

1

Note

High availability is not supported in NS3500 Sensor model.