Bivio 7000

These diagrams show the front and back of a Bivio 7000 appliance.

Bivio 7000 ports

1 Application Processor Card (APC)

This card hosts additional APC CPUs. It typically occupies the upper slot.

2 Network Processor Card (NPC)

This card hosts the Network Processor, the administration CPU, and four APC CPUs. This card typically occupies the lower slot.

3 Status LEDs

These show the appliance status.

4 USB Port

This does not feature in the software installation instructions and is not referred to elsewhere in this guide.

5 Management Port

You connect to this Ethernet port to manage NBA operations, when importing captured data onto the CMS, and when connecting to policy engines.

6 Auxiliary Port

This does not feature in the software installation instructions and is not referred to elsewhere in this guide.

7 Console Port

This DB-9 port is used when initializing the NBA.

8 Power connectors

These are not referred to elsewhere in this guide.

9 Extension connectors

These do not feature in the software installation instructions and are not referred to elsewhere in this guide.

10 Data Inspection Ports

You use these Ethernet ports to capture data on your corporate network.

The ports are arranged in pairs: s0.e0 and s0.e1; s2.e2 and s0.e3; s0.e4 and s0.e5; s0.e6 and s0.e7.

11 Bypass LEDs

These indicate the state of the hardware bypass. For each port pair:

If the top and bottom LED are both on, the bypass is enabled and data will continue to pass through the NBA even if a failure occurs.
If the top LED is off, the ports are in a failed state.

During normal operations, all the hardware bypass LEDs are on.

Hardware Checklist

You must also do the following:

Note the chassis serial number in your log.
Find this on a silver sticker in the centre of the rear panel.
Set up your PC physically close to the NBA (that is, within reach of the RS-232 cable).
Ensure the Network Interface Module (NIM) is in the lower slot at the back of the NBA.
On a new NBA, the only port that works is the Console (RS-232) port. Connect the Console port on the NBA to a COM port on the PC using a DB-9 RS-232 serial cable. See the diagram above for guidance.
On the PC you can use either hyperterminal or a similar terminal emulation application such as PuTTY.
Set the PC COM port to the following parameters:
Bits Per Second: 115200

Data Bits: 8

Stop Bits: 1

Parity: None

Flow Control: None

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