Cisco WS-X6381-IDS Catalyst 6000 Intrusion Detection System Module

Internet and E-businesses are forcing organizations into an era of open and trusted communications. This openness at the same time brings its share of vulnerabilities and problems, pushing both enterprises and service providers to take steps to guard their valuable data from intruders, hackers, and insiders. At the same time, demand for higher network performance is driving the migration of traditionally shared networks to switched networks. As we start deploying more and more content-aware services in the switched infrastructure, the need for security and intrusion detection is greater than ever to ensure reliability for Internet commerce and Web applications. With most of the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) products on the market today, devices must be placed on the Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) port to monitor network traffic. Although the SPAN port can provide access to network traffic, it does have certain limitations (for example, limited number of SPAN sessions, trunked traffic). The Cisco Catalyst 6500 IDS module is designed specifically to address switched environments by integrating the IDS functionality directly into the switch and taking traffic right off the switch backplane, thus bringing both switching and security functionality into the same chassis.

Performance Summary: Monitor 100 Mbps of traffic, Approximately 47,000 packets per second, with a new flow arrival rate of 1000 per second

Manufacturer: Cisco Systems, Inc
Manufacturer Part Number: WS-X6381-IDS=
Brand Name: Cisco
Product Name: Intrusion Detection System Module
Product Type: Intrusion Detection System Module
Application/Usage: Security
Temperature: 32°F (0°C) to 104.5°F (40.3°C) Operating
Temperature: -40°F (-40°C) to 158°F (70°C) Non-operating
Humidity: 10% to 90% Non-condensing Relative Humidity Operating
Humidity: 5% to 95% Non-condensing Relative Humidity Non-operating
Altitude: 0 ft to 10000 ft Operating
Altitude: 0 ft to 10000 ft Non-operating
Dimensions: 1.2" Height x 14.4" Width x 16.0" Depth
Weight (Approximate): 5.00 lb
System Requirements: Catalyst Switch Platform Requirements: Requires Cisco Catalyst Operating System Version 6.1(1) or native IOS 12.1(8a)EX at the minimum, Policy feature card (PFC) required for VLAN ACL "capture" functionality, Compatible with both Supervisor 1A and Supervisor 2 engines, Not fabric enabled but can be used in a fabric-enabled switch, Compatible with both multilayer switch feature card (MSFC) and MSFC2, but not required IDS Management Platforms (Required): Cisco Secure Policy Manager (CSPM) v2.2 and higher, or, Cisco Secure Intrusion Detection Director
Compatibility: Cisco Catalyst 6500 series switches