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Firepower 7000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 3 Installing a Firepower 7000 Series Managed Device
Identifying the Sensing Interfaces
Identifying the Sensing Interfaces
Firepower devices connect to network segments using sensing interfaces. The number of segments each
device can monitor depends on the number of sensing interfaces on the device and the type of connection
(passive, inline, routed, or switched) that you want to use on the network segment.
The following sections describe the sensing interfaces for each Firepower device:
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To locate the sensing interfaces on the 7000 Series, see
Firepower 7000 Series, page 3-3
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For information on connection types, see
Understanding Sensing Interfaces, page 6-2
Firepower 7000 Series
The 7000 Series is available in the following configurations:
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1U device one-half the width of the rack tray with eight copper interfaces, each with configurable
bypass capability.
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1U device with either eight copper interfaces or eight fiber interfaces, each with configurable bypass
capability
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1U device with four copper interfaces with configurable bypass capability and eight small
form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports without bypass capability
Firepower 7010, 7020, 7030, and 7050
The Firepower 7010, 7020, 7030, and 7050 are delivered with eight copper port sensing interfaces, each
with configurable bypass capability. The following illustration of the front of the chassis indicates the
location of the sensing interfaces.
Figure 3-1
Eight Port 1000BASE-T Copper Configurable Bypass Interfaces
You can use these connections to passively monitor up to eight separate network segments. You can also
use paired interfaces in inline or inline with bypass mode to deploy the device as an intrusion prevention
system on up to four networks.
