Optical Bypass Switch with Heartbeat
Connecting to the In-line Device
To connect the bypass switch to the in-line device:
1. Connect Monitoring Port C to the in-line appliance using a duplex LC fiber cable. This acts as your DCE interface.
2. Connect Monitoring Port D to the in-line appliance using a duplex LC fiber cable. This acts as your DTE interface.
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Figure 7: Connecting to the In-Line Device
3. Verify that the bypass switch Monitoring Ports are cabled in-line to the attached device .
4. 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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