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Enable Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint to provide greater detection capability and visibility into your network environment and enables greater sharing of network telemetry with TrendAI Vision One™.

Before enabling Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint for a device in a TPS stack, consider the following:
  • Make sure every device in the stack has Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint either enabled or disabled.
  • After enabling or disabling Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint for a stacked device, you must reboot the device. Repeat this sequence on every device in the stack.
  • Allow each device to finish the boot sequence completely, ensuring that the SMS no longer displays the Not Communicating status for the managed TPS device before rebooting the next device. After each reboot, wait for the SMS client to display a Ready to Inspect status (RTI – Normal).
  • After enabling or disabling a device, refresh the TrendAI Vision One™ window to ensure that the Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint status has been updated accordingly and no longer instructs you to reboot the device.
  • Learn more about configuring a TPS stack in the TrendAI™™ TippingPoint™ TPS Stacking User Guide.
Important
Important
Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint has the following system requirements:
  • Network Security only supports Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint TXE-Series TPS devices, including the 5600, 8600, and 9200 TXE devices.
  • IPv6 device management for Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint is not supported. From the SMS client, select Devices → All Devices, and then click Device Configuration for your device. Select Management Information and make sure that Use IPv6 address to manage this device is not selected.
  • Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint uses 50GB of user disk space on the TPS device.
  • You must reboot the TPS device after Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint is installed. This reboot does not cause any downtime for the device.
  • Enabling Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint reduces the bandwidth capacity of TippingPoint devices as follows:
    • 5600 TXE devices reduced from 10 Gbps to 5 Gbps (Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint max capacity: 2 Gbps)
    • 8600 TXE devices reduced from 40 Gbps to 20 Gbps (Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint max capacity: 10 Gbps)
    • 9200 TXE devices reduced from 100 Gbps to 60 Gbps (Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint max capacity: 10 Gbps)
  • Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint requires configuring additional ports and firewall exceptions. For more information, see Ports and URLs used by TippingPoint.
Follow these steps to enable Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint for your TippingPoint TXE-Series TPS devices:

Procedure

  1. On the TrendAI Vision One™ console, go to Network Security → Network Inventory → TippingPoint.
  2. Locate the TippingPoint TXE device you want to use with Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint and click the toggle to enable the feature.
    A confirmation window appears. If internet or firewall issues prevent your TippingPoint device from accessing required domains, continue to step 3 to configure a proxy server so that TrendAI Vision One™ can continue to receive network telemetry from your device. Otherwise, skip to step 4.
    Note
    Note
    • The option to configure a proxy is available only when you enable Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint.
    • When you enable Virtual Network Sensor on the TPS, not only is firewall access to the domains required, but the Domain Name Server (DNS) on the TPS must also be configured to resolve those domains.
  3. Click Configure to configure a proxy if internet or firewall issues prevent your TippingPoint device from accessing required domains.
    1. Specify an address for your HTTP proxy. HTTPS and SOCKS proxies are not supported.
      You can enter an IPv4 address or an FQDN if your TPS device has a DNS server configured for resolving domain names.
    2. Specify the port number of your proxy server (1 - 65535).
    3. If your proxy requires authentication, select Require authentication credentials, and enter a user name and password.
    4. Click Save.
  4. Click Enable to install Virtual Network Sensor on the TippingPoint device.
    Note
    Note
    The Network Administrator must reboot the device from the SMS console. This reboot does not cause any downtime for the device.
  5. Click the management console link to access the TippingPoint SMS console that is managing the TippingPoint TXE device you want to use.
  6. From the SMS console, navigate to Devices → All Devices and click on the TXE device where you enabled Virtual Network Sensor on TippingPoint to reboot the device.
  7. After the device finishes rebooting, refresh the Network Inventory page on the TrendAI Vision One™ console to view the updated device status.