Creating a stack
Create a new physical QRadar® Network Packet Capture stack to increase the storage space that is available for your capture data.
Before you begin
Prepare your environment before you create the stack.
- You can stack a maximum of 16 appliances, including the Stack Controller. The maximum physical cabling distance between any two appliances is ten meters.
- Ensure that all appliances in the stack are running the same version of the QRadar Network Packet Capture software.
- Ensure that all appliances are in a group. For more information, see Grouped appliances.
- Connect the appliances
to form a ring so that all appliances can communicate with each other. To see an example cabling
diagram, see Stacking topology.Note: Routing and switching are not allowed. Only peer-to-peer connections are allowed.
Procedure
Example
The following diagram shows a sample topology with a Stack Controller (Appliance A) and three Stack Nodes (Appliances B, C, and P).
The NT40E3-4 ports are connected by using ports
0 and 1 to form a ring.
- Appliance A, Port 0 connects to Appliance B, Port 1.
- Appliance B, Port 0 connects to Appliance C, Port 1.
- Appliance C, Port 0 connects to Appliance A, Port 1.
