Network Instruments GigaStor 114ff - Manual (Page 41)

Tapping an Ethernet or Fibre Channel connection
Chapter 2 Installing Your GigaStor
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6 Use the supplied Ethernet cable to connect the network interface
card in the GigaStor to the network.
N OTE : P ASS - THROUGH
C ABLE
If you are using a switch’s SPAN/mirror port, no nTAP is
required. Simply plug any straight-through Ethernet cable
into the SPAN/mirror port on the switch and one of the ports
on the Gen2 capture card.
Now that you have physically connected the cables for the GigaStor,
you must now configure its software. See “Setting the GigaStor’s IP
address” on page 19.
Figure 26 shows the GigaStor as it would be cabled to analyze a
server. The TAP can replace the gigabit connection between any DCE
(Data Circuit-terminating Equipment) and DTE (Data Terminal
Equipment) device or connection.
Figure 26 GigaStor with a copper TAP
Gigabit Switch (DCE) Server (DTE)
10/100/1000
NIC for TCP/IP
Gen2
GigaStor or
GigaStor Expandable
Gigabit
Copper TAP
Observer Console