Flexible Inline Arrangements—Rules and Notes

The table below lists the main rules, limits, and unsupported features for flexible inline arrangements, organized for quick reference.

Rule / Feature

Details / Limitations

Exclusive Use

Inline tools in a flexible inline map cannot be used in classic inline or inline decryption maps. All inline networks and tools must belong to only one type of map.

Collector Maps

Only one unidirectional collector map is allowed for the same inline network. To use different VLANs in each direction, create separate unidirectional maps with unique VLAN tags. Tags can be set manually or assigned automatically by GigaVUE-FM.

Unsupported Features ( GigaVUE‑TA200, GigaVUE‑TA200E, GigaVUE‑TA25E, GigaVUE‑TA25, GigaVUE‑TA400, GigaVUE-TA400E)

- Physical Bypass (no BPS card)
- Flexible and Resilient Inline SSL (no GigaSMART card)
- GRIP (no BPS card)
- ICAP (no GigaSMART card)
- Classic Inline Bypass

VLAN Tagging and OOB Copy Limits ( GigaVUE‑TA25, GigaVUE‑TA25E, GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus)

Flexible Inline Single VLAN Tag with monitoring mode may send incorrect VLAN tags. OOB copy packets may also have wrong tags. You cannot use BYPASS WITH MONITORING with MONITORING mode on the tool. OOB copy from inline network is not allowed in this mode.

Inline Map Limits — Bidirectional

GigaVUE‑TA25,GigaVUE‑TA25E, GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus → 126 maps GigaVUE‑HC1,GigaVUE‑HC3 (CCv1 & CCv2), GigaVUE‑TA200, GigaVUE‑TA200E, GigaVUE‑TA400, GigaVUE-TA400E → 256 or 512 maps depending on setup.

Inline Map Limits — Unidirectional

GigaVUE‑TA25,GigaVUE‑TA25E, GigaVUE‑HC1-Plus→ 252 mapsGigaVUE‑HC1,GigaVUE‑HC3 (CCv1 & CCv2), ), GigaVUE‑TA200, GigaVUE‑TA200E, GigaVUE‑TA400, GigaVUE-TA400E → 512 or 1024 maps depending on setup.

Flexible Inline SSL Limits

Not supported with Inline Network LAG. Setting inline tools to “Drop” in the chain does not block Inline SSL traffic.

Filtering Limits( GigaVUE‑TA400, GigaVUE-TA400E)

VLAN-based filtering in the Egress Port Filter for OOB copies is not supported. If one tool in the map is in monitoring mode, all tools must use the same mode. Asymmetric hashing (a-srcip-b-dstip and b-srcip-a-dstip) is not supported.

Protocol Pass-Through( GigaVUE‑TA400, GigaVUE-TA400E)

CDP pass-through is not supported when the source is an Inline Network LAG. Bypass for LACP, CDP, and LLDP is supported.

Scaling Limits — GigaVUE‑TA400, GigaVUE-TA400E

Max Inline Networks and Tools: 48 Max Inline Network LAG list: 24 Max Inline tools or tool groups per direction: 16 Max OOB copy entries per direction: 17 Max OOB copy ports per entry: 128