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F I R E E Y E T E C H N I C A L D O C U M E N T A T I O N

NX SERIES

HARDWARE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE

NX 6500

FEI-017

NX SERIES / 2020

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FireEye assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies in this document. FireEye reserves the right to change, modify, transfer, or otherwise revise this publication without notice.

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Contents

CHAPTER 1: The NX 6500 ...................................................... 4

The Front View ............................................................ 5

Buttons ................................................................. 5

LEDs .................................................................. 5

The Rear View ............................................................ 6

Power Port ............................................................. 7

I/O Ports .............................................................. 7

Management Ports ..................................................... 8

Monitoring Ports ...................................................... 8

CHAPTER 2: Deployment .................................................. 10

Inline Deployment ..................................................... 10

Prerequisites ........................................................ 10

Cabling ................................................................ 11

Inline Proxy Deployment ............................................... 11

Prerequisites ........................................................ 12

Cabling ................................................................ 12

Test Access Point (TAP) Deployment .................................. 12

Prerequisites ........................................................ 13

Cabling ................................................................ 13

Port Mirroring (SPAN) Deployment ..................................... 13

Prerequisites ........................................................ 14

Cabling ................................................................ 14

CHAPTER 3: Installation ................................................. 16

Before You Begin ...................................................... 16

Installation Site Guidelines ......................................... 16

Contents

Rack Precautions ............................................................17

Server Precautions .......................................................18

Rack-Mounting Precautions ..............................................18

Power Requirements .....................................................18

Ventilation Requirements ................................................19

Cabling Requirements ....................................................19

Rack Installation ......................................................19

Installing the Inner Rails on the Appliance .............................20

Installing the Outer Rails on the Rack ................................22

Mounting the Appliance on the Rack ..................................23

Attaching Cables to the Appliance ....................................24

Turning On the Appliance ..............................................24

CHAPTER 4: Replacements ..................................................26

Return Process ..........................................................26

Removing and Replacing a Disk Drive ...................................26

Removing and Replacing a Power Supply Unit ............................27

Appendices ..............................................................28

Appendix 1: System Specifications ....................................28

Appendix 2: Product Compliance Information ............................30

Technical Support ......................................................32

Documentation ..........................................................32

NX Series Hardware Administration Guide

CHAPTER 1: The NX 6500

Front view of FireEye NX 6500 appliance with silver front panel, black grille, and FireEye logo

The FireEye NX 6500 stops the new generation of cyber attacks that use zero-day Web exploits and multiprotocol malware callbacks to compromise the majority of today's networks. When used as a standard (or integrated) appliance, the NX Series appliance performs both monitoring and analysis functions.

When used as a sensor within FireEye Network Security, the NX 6500 only monitors traffic, extracting objects and URLs and sending them to an MVX cluster for analysis. This allows a flexible approach to your security solution.

For information about using the NX Series appliance as a sensor, see the Network Security Deployment Guide for your software release.

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The Front View

Front view of NX 6500 appliance front panel with FireEye logo

1) Power Button	5) Power Fail LED
2) Reset Button	6) HDD LED
3) Power LED	7) NIC LED
4) NIC LED	8) Information LED

Buttons

Power Button: Use the power button to turn the appliance on or off. Turning off the power with this button removes the main power, but keeps the standby power supplied to the appliance. Therefore, unplug the appliance before servicing.
Reset Button: Use the reset button to reboot the system.

LEDs

The front panel has LEDs that provide critical information about parts of the appliance. The following table describes each LED.

The Rear View

LED	Flashing	Steady	Off	Normal State
Power	N/A	Blue and steady indicates power is being supplied to the system	No power is being supplied to the system	Blue and steady
NIC LAN 2	Blue and flashing indicates data transfer via IPMI port	Blue and steady indicates normal connectivity on IPMI port	No activity	Blue and steady
Power Fail	N/A	Red indicates a power supply module has failed.	System is operating normally	Off
HDD	Flashing and blue indicates HDD activity.	N/A	HDD is idle.	Flashing and blue when in use and off when not in use.
NIC LAN 1	Blue and flashing indicates data transfer via ether1 port	Blue and steady indicates normal connectivity on ether1 port	No activity	Blue and steady
Information	Red and flashing indicates a power fail.	Red and steady indicates a platform event filter initiated by the motherboard	System is operating normally	Off

The Rear View

Rear view of the appliance showing power supplies, ports, and labeled components.

1) Power Port 1

11) pether4 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports

2) Power Port 2	12) pether5 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
3) Disabled	13) pether6 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
4) ether1(RJ45)	14) pether7 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
5) pether2 (RJ45) Management 2 Port	15) pether8 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
6) USB 3.0 ports	16) pether9 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
7) IPMI 10/100/1Gbase-T port	17) pether10 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
8) Serial Console Port	18) pether11 (QSFP+) 40G Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
9) Video Port	19) pether12 (QSFP+) 40G Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports
10) pether3 (SFP+) Monitor/TAP/SPAN ports

Blue circular note icon

NOTE: Hot swap of optics is not supported on NX 6500 capture ports. If the user hot swaps the optics, reboot the appliance or run the following command fe-fastpath NIC reset for the new change to take effect.

Power Port

AC Power Port: Connect your power source to this port to provide power to the appliance. The appliance comes with one redundant power supply unit for use if the primary unit fails.

I/O Ports

Serial Console: Connect to this port to manage the appliance from your terminal. Communication settings for the serial port are 115200 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit.
Video: Connect a monitor to this port to view the appliance's command-line interface.
USB 3.0: These ports are USB 3.0 compliant.

The Rear View

Management Ports

ether1 (RJ45): Connect your LAN to this port to enable remote access to the CLI and Web UI. The RJ45 connector is a 10/100/1000BASE-T port.
IPMI: Connect for access to out-of-band management functions, including power control, console redirection, and appliance health status. The connector is a 100BASE-T port.

Monitoring Ports

Blue circular information icon

Each interface pair is physically and logically segregated from other interface pairs, preventing communication between the different network segments.

pether (RJ45): Connect the switch port you want to monitor to this port. The RJ45 connectors are 10/100/1000BASE-T ports.
pether (QSFP): with 2 qualified transceivers
pether (SFP+): The SFP+ connectors accept the following modules:
- 1000BASE-SX/10GBASE-SR (LC MMF)
- 1000BASE-LX/10GBASE-LR (LC SMF)
- 1000BASE-T (RJ45)
- 10GBASE-CU (5m direct attach cable)

Pether3 through pether10 support data rates up to 10 Gbps. Connect the switch port you want to monitor to this port.

Blue circular information icon

Link partners connected to the same port pair must have the same data transmission rate (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps). The port pairs are as follows:

pether3 and pether4
pether5 and pether6
pether7 and pether8
pether9 and pether10

Contact Customer Support to order the appropriate transceiver modules.

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Inline Deployment

CHAPTER 2: Deployment

There are two types of deployment: inline and out-of-band. An inline deployment provides high security by blocking all malicious traffic from reaching your network. An out-of-band deployment only monitors malicious content as it enters your network; it does not block malicious content.

FireEye strongly recommends using an inline deployment mode.

Deployment modes include:

Inline Deployment below
Inline Proxy Deployment on the next page
Test Access Point (TAP) Deployment on page 12
Port Mirroring (SPAN) Deployment on page 13

Inline Deployment

The diagram below illustrates the deployment of an NX 6500 appliance installed between the LAN and the firewall in a typical network topology.

[IMAGE PLACEHOLDER: Network deployment diagram showing Internet cloud on the left connected to an Edge Router, then a firewall, followed by an NX Series appliance (labeled NX 6500), then a Core Switch, and finally a LAN/WAN area with multiple workstations/servers inside a dashed box. The components are connected left-to-right to illustrate inline placement of the NX appliance between the firewall and the LAN.]

Prerequisites

Before connecting the NX 6500 appliance to your network:

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Make sure that the connecting routers or switches do not provide data output greater than 1 Gbps for RJ45 ports and 10 Gbps for SFP+ ports.
Determine which ports on your routers or switches provide ingress and egress data

Cabling

Connect the appropriate cables to the NX 6500 appliance’s ports as follows:

ether1: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s ether1 port, and connect the other end to your LAN-facing switch. This will enable you to access the appliance’s Web UI.
pether3: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether3 port, and connect the other end to your LAN-facing switch.
pether4: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether4 port, and connect the other end to the Internet-facing switch.

You can monitor another network segment by connecting a LAN-facing switch and an Internet-facing switch to pether5–6.

pether 4: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether4 port, and connect the other end to the firewall or WAN facing switch/router.

Alternatively, pether5-12 can be used instead, with every 2 ports forming a pair (pether3-4, pether5-6,pether7-8, pether9-10, pether11-12).

Inline Proxy Deployment

The diagram below illustrates the deployment of an NX 6500 appliance installed between the LAN and the firewall in a typical network topology.

If your environment contains Web proxies or other NAT devices that obscure incoming IP addresses, deploy the NX device so that it sees Web traffic from the internal (or LAN) side of the proxy. If you place the NX device on the external side of the proxy, the NX appliance reports a malicious site as being the LAN IP of the proxy.

Network topology diagram showing Internet, Edge Router, Proxy, NX Series appliance, Core Switch, and LAN with client machines.

Test Access Point (TAP) Deployment

Connect your NX 6500 appliance between two routers or switches on your network, and to your proxy.

Prerequisites

Before connecting the NX 6500 appliance to your network:

Make sure that the connecting routers or switches do not provide data output greater than 1 Gbps for RJ45 ports and 10 Gbps for SFP+ ports.
Determine which ports on your routers or switches provide ingress and egress data

Cabling

Connect the appropriate cables to the NX 6500 appliance’s ports as follows:

ether1 cable: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s ether1 port, and connect the other end to your LAN-facing switch. This will enable you to access the appliance’s Web UI.
pether3 cable: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether3 port, and connect the other end to the LAN-facing switch.
pether4 cable: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether4 port, and connect the other end to the proxy server.
pether5 cable: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether5 port, and connect the other end to the LAN-facing switch.

You can monitor additional proxy servers by connecting additional proxies and LAN-facing switches to pether6–14.

Test Access Point (TAP) Deployment

Test Access Point (TAP) uses a TAP device to provide a real-time duplicate copy of the network traffic through the network.

Test Access Points have the following limitations:

You must purchase a separate TAP device to deliver packets to the NX Series device.
A TAP deployment does not block malware from accessing your network.

To deploy the FireEye NX Series appliance using a TAP device, you first connect the TAP device inline to your network. You then connect the FireEye NX Series monitoring ports to

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the ingress and egress ports on the TAP device. The following diagram illustrates the TAP deployment in a typical network topology.

A dashed-box network topology diagram showing an Internet cloud on the left connected through an edge router and firewall to a network TAP device, which is connected to a core switch and a LAN; an NX Series appliance is shown connected to the TAP device.

Prerequisites

Before connecting the NX 6500 appliance to your network:

Make sure that the connecting routers or switches do not provide data output greater than 1 Gbps for RJ45 ports and 10 Gbps for SFP+ ports.
Determine which ports on your routers or switches provide ingress and egress data

Cabling

Connect the appropriate cables to the NX 6500 appliance’s ports as follows:

ether1: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s ether1 port, and connect the other end to your LAN-facing switch. This will enable you to access the appliance’s Web UI.
pether3: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether3 port, and connect the other end to your TAP device.

Port Mirroring (SPAN) Deployment

Port mirroring deployment, also known as Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) packet capture, is usually the least expensive option in a low-traffic network environment. To set up port mirroring, you configure a router or switch with port mirroring capability to forward a copy of incoming and outgoing traffic passing between selected ports to SPAN ports on the switch. Then connect the SPAN ports to the appliance.

Port mirroring has the following limitations:

Port Mirroring (SPAN) Deployment

Heavily used networks may result in dropped packets that are not passed to the NX Series appliance.
Port mirroring is active packet duplication. The router or switch uses its processing power to mirror the network packets and pass these packets to the NX Series device. In a heavily used network, the network quality and response times tend to degrade.
The router or switch must be configured to provide port-mirrored data to the NX Series appliance. Maintenance costs for this configuration can be higher than other configurations.
Detected malware cannot be prevented from accessing your network.
SPAN port connectivity issues may cause delays in your deployment. You may need to add a few days to troubleshoot the connectivity issues.

The following diagram illustrates the port mirroring deployment in a typical network topology.

Network topology diagram showing an Internet cloud connecting to an Edge Router, a firewall, a Port Mirroring Switch and Core Switch inside a dashed boundary, an NX Series appliance receiving mirrored traffic, and a LAN segment of workstations.

You must configure the SPAN port correctly and test it to make sure that the mirroring ports are passing all of the traffic you want to monitor. This usually requires an administrator with networking expertise who can set up the SPAN port and run TCPDump or WireShark to monitor the traffic and verify that there is bi-directional TCP port 80 (HTTP) traffic passing through the port.

Prerequisites

Before connecting the NX 6500 appliance to your network:

Make sure that the connecting routers or switches do not provide data output greater than 1 Gbps for RJ45 ports and 10 Gbps for SFP+ ports.
Determine which ports on your routers or switches provide ingress and egress data

Cabling

Connect the appropriate cables to the NX 6500 appliance’s ports as follows:

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ether1: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s ether1 port, and connect the other end to your LAN-facing switch. This will enable you to access the appliance’s Web UI.
pether3: Connect one end of the cable to the NX 6500 appliance’s pether3 port, and connect the other end to your SPAN device.

You can monitor more network segments by connecting additional SPAN devices to pether4-12.

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Before You Begin

CHAPTER 3: Installation

This chapter provides information about the site requirements of your installation location.

Before You Begin

Follow the steps in this section before you install the appliance.

Before Opening the Box

Review the Packing Slip contained in the plastic slip attached to the top of the box. Ensure the shipment contains the correct appliance.
Ensure the serial number listed on the Packing Slip matches the one specified on the sticker located on one side of the box.
If there appears to be damage to the box, file a damage claim with the carrier who delivered it.

Unpacking the Appliance

Carefully remove the appliance from the box in an area away from heat, electrical noise, and electromagnetic fields.

Ensure your box contains:

The correct appliance model
An accessory kit
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Installation Site Guidelines

Follow these guidelines when you select an installation site:

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Leave enough clearance in front of the rack for its door to open completely without obstruction.
Avoid environments that produce heat, electrical noise, and electromagnetic fields.
Only install the appliance in a restricted access location such as a service closet or dedicated equipment room.
Make sure the location is properly ventilated.
Make sure there is sufficient space for air flow.

Rack Precautions

FireEye recommends that you mount the appliance in a standard 19-inch rack. The vertical hole spacing on the rack rails must meet standard ANSI/EIA-310-C requirements.

Consider the following before installing your appliance in the rack:

Ensure the leveling jacks on the bottom of the rack are fully extended to the floor with the full weight of the rack resting on them.
In a single-rack installation, stabilizers should be attached to the rack.
In a multiple-rack installation, the racks should be coupled together to increase their stability.
Always make sure the rack is stable before extending a component from the rack.
Only extend one component from the rack at a time—extending two or more simultaneously may cause the rack to become unstable.
Ensure your rack meets the safety requirements of UL 60950-1.

STABILITY HAZARD: The rack may tip over causing serious personal injury. To prevent injury:

Before extending the rack to the installation position, read the installation instructions.
Do not put any load on the slide-rail mounted equipment when the rails are extended in the installation position.
Do not leave the slide-rail mounted equipment with the rails extended in the installation position.

Server Precautions

FireEye recommends reviewing the electrical and general safety precautions that came with each component you intend to install in the rack.

Review the following before installing the appliance in the rack:

Determine the placement of each component in the rack.
Ensure there is a minimum clearance of six inches behind the chassis to allow for easy cable management.
Install the heaviest component at the bottom of the rack first, then move up.
Allow hot-swappable power supply units, disk drives, and transceivers to cool before handling them.
Use a regulating uninterruptible power supply to protect your components from voltage spikes, power surges, and failure during a power outage.
Keep all of the rack's doors and panels closed when you are not servicing the components.

Rack-Mounting Precautions

Ensure your power source has sufficient electrical overload protection. In North America, connect the rack to a power source with over-current protection that complies with UL 489. In Europe, the over-current protection must comply with IEC standards.

Ventilation Requirements

Ventilation and optimal location are essential to the proper operation of the NX Series appliance. Give the unit at least six inches of space around ventilation openings so that adequate ventilation is possible.

The NX Series appliance draws air through the front and expels it out the back. Note the direction of the air intake and exhaust of the other components in the rack to ensure safe ventilation of all components involved.

Cabling Requirements

The NX Series appliance ships with the following cables:

(2) 6 ft AC power cord, SVT, 60°C, 3x18AWG (0.824mm²)
(1) 6 ft null modem DB9 female serial cable

You must provide any additional cables required to connect your system to the network and other devices. Do not exceed the maximum run length of the additional cables you provide.

Rack Installation

This section explains how to install your appliance in a standard 19-inch wide rack with the equipment provided. Because various rack units are available, the assembly procedure may differ slightly from the following instructions. Refer to the installation instructions that came with your rack.

Rack Installation

Installing the Inner Rails on the Appliance

Pull the right inner rail from the outer rail until it is fully extended.
Press the rail-release lever (located between the middle and inner rails) downward and slide the inner rail out until it is separated from the other two rail segments.
Align the notches of the inner rail with the tabs on the right side of the appliance.
While firmly pressing the inner rail against the appliance, slide it in the direction of the tabs until you hear a click.

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Close-up of the rear of an appliance showing the inner rail latch and a red arrow pointing at the latch; a right hand is pressing the metal latch

Zoomed-in view of the same inner rail latch with a large red arrow pointing to the circular latch button and a hand beside it

5. Repeat steps 1-4 for the left inner rail.

6. (Optional) Further secure the inner rails to the appliance with the screws provided (one for each rail).

Rack Installation

Installing the Outer Rails on the Rack

Press the black tabs of the right outer rail against the front rack column and insert the hooks at the desired height.
Firmly press the rail down to lock it in place.
Extend the rail until it reaches the rear rack column.
Insert the hooks and firmly press it onto the rack.
Repeat steps 1-4 to install the left outer rail.

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6. Insert and tighten the screws at the rear of the rails to further secure the rails to the rack.

Mounting the Appliance on the Rack

Align the appliance's inner rails with the rack's outer rails.
Slide the appliance halfway into the rack.

Close-up of a server rack rail with a large red arrow pointing to the rail mounting hole and rail bracket.

Press the rail-release notches down on both rails and slide the appliance fully into the rack. When the appliance has been pushed completely into the rack, you should hear the locking tabs click.

Rack with appliance partially inserted; inset close-up shows a finger pressing the rail-release notch and a large red arrow indicates the direction to slide the appliance fully into the rack.

Attaching Cables to the Appliance

Connect the NX Series appliance to one or more network devices using the cables appropriate to the deployment of your choice.
Connect the power cable or cables to the power port or ports on the back of the appliance.

Turning On the Appliance

Power on the appliance by pressing the power button on the ear to the left of the bezel.

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CHAPTER 4: Replacements

Return Process

If you believe you have a defective part or system, you must first contact FireEye Technical Support, who will validate the claim. If the part or system is defective, Technical Support will initiate a Return Materials Authorization (RMA) and guide you through the process. For more information, visit www.fireeye.com/legal.

Removing and Replacing a Disk Drive

Perform the following steps to remove and replace an NX 6500 disk drive:

Use the pull-tab to unlatch the bezel from the appliance.
Gently remove the bezel from the appliance to reveal the disk drives.
Locate the disk drive carrier that contains the failed disk drive.
Push the maroon button to release the latch handle.
Carefully pull the latch handle forward.
Pull the handle to slide the disk drive from its slot.
Use the latch handle on the new drive carrier to slide the new drive into the empty slot. When the drive is fully inserted into the slot, push the latch handle in until it clicks.

To verify the RAID functionality of the replacement drive:

Enable configuration mode.

NX 6500 > enable
NX 6500 # configure terminal

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Enter the show system hardware status raid command.
Verify that the disk status of the replaced drive is “Online.”

For appliances running a release prior to NX Series 7.2, see the About > Hardware section of the appliance’s Web UI to verify the RAID functionality of the replacement drive.

Removing and Replacing a Power Supply Unit

Perform the following steps to remove and replace a power supply unit (PSU):

At the rear of the appliance, remove the power cable from the failed PSU.
While gripping the handle to the left of the power port and pressing the release lever to the right of it, pull out the failed PSU.
Insert the replacement PSU in the open slot and slide it in until it clicks into place.
Attach the power cable to the new power supply.

Appendices

Appendix 1: System Specifications

The table below provides the technical specifications for the FireEye NX 6500.

Component	NX 6500 Specifications
Form Factor	2U Rack-Mount
Weight of Appliance	44 lbs (22 Kg)
Weight of Packaged Appliance	71 lbs (32.2 Kg)
Dimensions (W x D x H)	17.2"(437mm) x 31.0"(787mm) x 3.5"(89mm)
Enclosure	2 RU, fits 19-inch Rack
Management Interfaces	(2) 10/100/1000BASE-T Port
Network Monitoring Ports	(8) 1G/10G SFP+ (2) 40GbaseSR4/40GbaseLR4 QSFP+
Network Ports Mode of Operation	In-line, Monitor, TAP/SPAN
USB	3.0
Motherboard I/O	1x IPMI, 2x USB3, 1x DB9 Serial, 1x VGA
Memory	64 GB
Drive Provided	(2) 10 TB HDD, RAID 1, 3.5", FRU, 512 GB

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Component	NX 6500 Specifications
AC Power Supply	Redundant (1+1) 1000 watt, 100 - 240 VAC 10.5 – 4.0A, 50-60 Hz IEC60320-C14 inlet, FRU
Maximum Power Consumption	660 W
Operating Temperature	0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F)
Operating Humidity	10% to 90% @ 40° C, non-condensing
Operating Altitude	10,000 feet
Non-Operating Temperature	-30° to 70° C (-22° to 158° F)
Non-Operating Humidity	10% to 95% @ 55° C, non-condensing
Non-Operating Altitude	37,000 feet
Maximum Thermal Dissipation	2,252 BTU/hour

Appendix 2: Product Compliance Information

The following table lists the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), low voltage directive (LVD), safety, and other regulatory standards met by the FireEye NX Series appliance.

EMC	LVD/Safety	Environmental
FCC Part 15 Class‑A, CE (Class‑A), CNS 13438, CISPR 32, VCCI V‑3, EN 55024, EN 55032, EN 61000, ICES‑003, KN 32, KN 35	CSA 22.2, IEC 60950, EN 60950*, UL 60950	RoHS REACH WEEE Conflict Minerals

EMC

LVD/Safety

Environmental

FCC Part 15 Class‑A, CE (Class‑A),

CNS 13438,

CISPR 32, VCCI V‑3,

EN 55024, EN 55032, EN 61000,

ICES‑003, KN 32, KN 35

CSA 22.2, IEC 60950, EN 60950*,

UL 60950

RoHS

REACH

WEEE

Conflict Minerals

*All current amendments

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Technical Support

For technical support, contact FireEye through the Support portal:

https://csportal.fireeye.com

Documentation

Documentation for all FireEye products is available on the FireEye Documentation Portal (login required):

https://docs.fireeye.com/

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Contents

CHAPTER 4: Replacements ..................................................26

Appendices ..............................................................28

Technical Support ......................................................32

CHAPTER 1: The NX 6500

The Front View

Buttons

LEDs

The Rear View

The Rear View

Power Port

I/O Ports

Management Ports

Monitoring Ports

CHAPTER 2: Deployment

Inline Deployment

Prerequisites

Cabling

Inline Proxy Deployment

Prerequisites

Cabling

Test Access Point (TAP) Deployment

Prerequisites

Cabling

Port Mirroring (SPAN) Deployment

Port Mirroring (SPAN) Deployment

Prerequisites

Cabling

CHAPTER 3: Installation

Before You Begin

Before Opening the Box

Unpacking the Appliance

Installation Site Guidelines

Rack Precautions

Server Precautions

Rack-Mounting Precautions

Ventilation Requirements

Cabling Requirements

Rack Installation

Installing the Inner Rails on the Appliance

Installing the Outer Rails on the Rack

Mounting the Appliance on the Rack

Attaching Cables to the Appliance

Turning On the Appliance

CHAPTER 4: Replacements

Return Process

Removing and Replacing a Disk Drive

To verify the RAID functionality of the replacement drive:

Removing and Replacing a Power Supply Unit

Appendices

Appendix 1: System Specifications

Appendix 2: Product Compliance Information

Technical Support

Documentation