IPS 4240 - additional card

[k.lapczuk]

Hi,

Does anybody know, when will be available 4xFE cards for IPS 4240 (for total 8 interfaces)?

Regards,

Krzysztof

[a-vazquez]

Cisco IDS 4250 is supported in version 5.0 Inline if the 4FE, Gig TX PCI card, two of the SX PCI cards, or the XL card is installed. Cisco IPS 4240 is supported in version 5.0, Inline supported (it has four sensing interfaces). IPS 4255 is supported in version 5.0, Inline is supported (it has four sensing interfaces). IDSM-2 is supported in version 5.0, Inline supported (it has two sensing interfaces).

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns498/netqa0900aecd8029e8de.html

[rwassom · Accepted solution]

The option card for IPS-4240/4255 sensors will be a 4GE card supporting both copper (RJ45) and fiber (SX) connections. It will allow a total of 8 RJ45 interfaces or 4 SX fiber interfaces (and 4 RJ45 interfaces) on those platforms. Unfortunately, it probably won't be available for another 9 months or so.

[k.lapczuk]

Will it support Fast Ethernet?

[rwassom]

Yes. The copper RJ45 interfaces are 10/100/1000Base-T, and support auto-negotiation of speed and duplex. With 5.x code you will also have the capability of hard coding speed and duplex through the application.