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Connection Overview
Wire Mode can be deployed on WAN, LAN, DMZ, and custom
zones, except for wireless zones. Connect the LAN port of your
existing Internet gateway device to a 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps port on
the Dell SonicWALL SuperMassive 9800 appliance. Then,
connect another interface on your Dell SonicWALL appliance to
your WAN, LAN, DMZ, or custom zone resource. Both
interfaces must be of the same type, either 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps.
Third Party Gateway
Dell SonicWALL SuperMassive
SSD
80GB
SSD
80GB
10GE
X20
X18
X16
X14
X22
SDHC
B1
B0
ALARM
TEST
SonicWALL SuperMassive 9800
PWR 1
PWR 2
CONSOLE
MGMT
X23
X21
X19
X17
X15
Custom Zone
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| Configuring Wire Mode
Internet
Wire Link
1GE
X12
X10
X8
X6
X4
X2
X0
(WAN)
X13
X11
X9
X7
X5
X3
X1
Configuring Interfaces for Wire Mode
Wire Mode can be configured on WAN, LAN, DMZ, and custom
zones. Wire Mode is a simplified form of Layer 2 Bridged Mode,
and is configured as a pair of interfaces. In Wire Mode, the
destination zone is the Paired Interface zone. Access rules are
applied to the Wire Mode pair based on the direction of traffic
between the source zone and its paired interface zone. For
example, if the source zone is WAN and the paired interface
zone is LAN, then WAN to LAN and LAN to WAN rules are
applied, depending on the direction of the traffic.
In Wire Mode, administrators can enable Link State
Propagation, which propagates the link status on an interface to
its paired interface. If an interface goes down, its paired
interface is forced down to mirror the link status of the first
interface. This way, both interfaces in a Wire Mode pair always
have the same link status.
Note: All Wire Mode interfaces must be configured in IPv4.
Although Wire Mode is supported for IPv6, you cannot
edit Wire Mode settings in IPv6.
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