Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 8350 Guida All'Installazione

recombine the separate connections from a network tap

capture and evaluate traffic from different networks

perform as a virtual router

perform as a virtual switch

Although each port is capable of receiving the full throughput for which the device is rated, the total 
traffic on the managed device cannot exceed its bandwidth rating without some packet loss.

Deploying a multi-port managed device with a network tap is a straightforward process. The following 
diagram shows a network tap installed on a high-traffic network segment.

In this scenario, the tap transmits incoming and outgoing traffic through separate ports. When you 
connect the multi-port interface adapter card on the managed device to the tap, the managed device is 
able to combine the traffic into a single data stream so that it can be analyzed. 

Note that with a gigabit optical tap, as shown in the illustration below, both sets of ports on the managed 
device are used by the connectors from the tap.