21 b a – Net Optics 4 Station Bypass Switch w_Heartbeat User Manual

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4 Station Bypass Switch with Heartbeat

Connecting to the Monitoring Device

To connect a bypass switch segment to the in-line device:
1 . Connect Monitoring Port 1 to the appropriate in-line appliance . This acts

as your DCE interface.

2 . Connect Monitoring Port 2 to the appropriate in-line appliance .

This acts as your DTE interface.

Figure 8: Connecting one Bypass Switch segment to the Monitoring Device

3. Verify that the bypass switch Monitoring Ports are cabled in-line to the

attached device .

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for the remaining segments.

5. Connect power to the switch. If you are implementing power fault failover,

make sure you connect the switches' power supplies to the same power

sources that the IPS is using.

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