Devices
How to build the set-up for Virtual Serial Ports communicating to an end device, via the Nodegrid OS
Abstract: In the industry, some legacy applications impose to use serial ports (COM) to interface with the industrial automates. In this article, we will study a set-up in which a desktop emulates a virtual serial COM, and conveys the connection via ...
How does Nodegrid determine the status of each Managed Device for serial connections?
Nodegrid appliances with RJ45 and USB serial ports will use the incoming RS232 signals to determine the status shown on the Access pages: Green indicates the device is ready and no users are connected to it. Grey indicates the device is not ready and ...
How to troubleshoot RS232 serial connections
Navigate to Tracking :: Devices :: Serial Statistics Look for CD or CTS signals These both indicate that the target device is ready Typically at least one is active, though some vendors do not send either Note the RX Bytes and reload the page to see ...
What do the various RS232 signals mean?
The current RS232 signals can be viewed on Tracking :: Devices :: Serial Statistics. The displayed signals are updated each time the page is reloaded to reflect the current signal activity. The signals shown are: Acronym Full Name Direction ...
Associating Authorization Groups with Groupings of Devices
Privileges of users can be modified by profiles and access rights in authorization group. Each user must have an account in nodegrid or in external authentication server. Follow these steps, 1. Login as admin and go to Security::Authorization ...
Adding Custom Field for Access view
Introduction: Having the defined custom fields in the "Access" page allows the user to isolate the target device and using the search option to find the unit in the UI quicker. For an example of the "Device-Loc" to indicate the device location ...
Devices Pinout with Nodegrid serial port
Below you will find a table for various models of devices with RJ45 console port pinout not based on Yost (rolled pinout) which maps their respective pins and RS232 signals. Note: by Nodegrid (NG), it is all Nodegrid models except for NSC-Txx-STND as ...
Web Access via HTML5 with Browser Extension Forwarder
For the managed devices with web access enabled, users can launch the WEB in different ways, and one of them is via Browser Extension Forwarder. HTML5 with Browser Extension Forwarder option is the latest feature that redirects the URL to a web ...
How to Change the WebUI logo
Open the WebUI on the NodeGrid where the logo to be changed on the login page. Select "System" and then choose "Preferences" on the menu. in the middle of the page where "Login Page Logo Image", select "Logo Image Selection". A menu of options will ...
How to Add license to Nodegrid switch
Adding license in the Web page User Interface (WebUI) From the main web page, choose "System" then click on "Add" Button on the page. A text input dialog titled "License Key:" is available to type or paste the new license. Click on Save after the Key ...
How to Manually Add KVMs to NodeGrid via CLI
Access your NodeGrid via telnet, ssh, or console, and log in as admin. Then, type the following commands to add a KVM device to NodeGrid: [admin@nodegrid /]# add /settings/devices/ [admin@nodegrid {devices}]# set name=<kvm> [admin@nodegrid ...
How to Manually Add Power Strips to NodeGrid via CLI
Access your NodeGrid via telnet, ssh, or console, and log in as admin. Type the following commands to add a PDU device to NodeGrid: [admin@nodegrid /]# add /settings/devices/ [admin@nodegrid {devices}]# set name=<pdu> [admin@nodegrid {devices}]# set ...
How to Manually Add NetApp Storage Devices to NodeGrid via CLI
Access your NodeGrid via telnet, ssh, or console, and log in as admin. Type the following commands to add a NetApp device to NodeGrid: [admin@nodegrid /]# add /settings/devices/ [admin@nodegrid {devices}]# set name=<netapp_server> [admin@nodegrid ...
How to Manually Add Console Servers to NodeGrid via CLI
Access your NodeGrid via telnet, ssh, or console, and log in as admin. Type the following commands to add a Console Server device to NodeGrid: [admin@nodegrid /]# add /settings/devices/ [admin@nodegrid {devices}]# set name=<console_server> ...
How to Manually Add Virtual Machines to NodeGrid via CLI
Access your NodeGrid via telnet, ssh, or console, and log in as admin. Type the following commands to add a VM Manager first to NodeGrid: [admin@nodegrid /]# add /settings/auto_discovery/vm_managers/ [admin@nodegrid {vm_managers}]# set ...
How to Manually Add Network Devices with SSH or Telnet Support to NodeGrid via CLI
Access your NodeGrid via telnet, ssh, or console, and log in as admin. Type the following commands to add Console device to NodeGrid: [admin@nodegrid /]# add /settings/devices/ [admin@nodegrid {devices}]# set name=<device_name> [admin@nodegrid ...
How to Manually Add Service Processors to NodeGrid via CLI
Access your NodeGrid via telnet, ssh, or console, and log in as admin. Type the following commands to add Service Processor device to NodeGrid: [admin@nodegrid /]# add /settings/devices/ [admin@nodegrid {devices}]# set name=<server_name> ...
How to Manually Add KVMs to NodeGrid via WebUI
Select Managed Devices :: Devices, click the Add button to add a device in the system. For the purpose of this example, provide the following information: On the Name field, enter the name of the KVM unit you want to add. Enter the IP address of ...
How to Manually add Power Strips to NodeGrid via WebUI
Power Strip requirements: - it must have a network interface (smart PDU) - it must be a switched PDU Select Managed Devices :: Devices, click the Add button to add a device in the system. For the purpose of this example, provide the following ...
How to Manually Add NetApp Storage Devices to NodeGrid via WebUI
Select Managed Devices :: Devices, click the Add button to add a device in the system. For the purpose of this example, provide the following information: On the Name field, enter the name of the NetApp device you want to add. Enter the IP ...
How to Manually Add Console Servers to NodeGrid via WebUI
Select Managed Devices :: Devices, click the Add button to add a device in the system. For the purpose of this example, provide the following information: On the Name field, type the name of the console server device you want to add. Enter the IP ...
How to Manually Add Virtual Machines to NodeGrid via WebUI
Select Managed Devices :: Devices, click the Add button to add a device in the system. For the purpose of this example, provide the following information: On the Name field, enter the name of the virtual machine you want to add. The name must be as ...
How to Manually Add Network Devices with SSH or Telnet Support to NodeGrid via WebUI
Select Managed Devices :: Devices, click the Add button to add a device in the system. For the purpose of this example, provide the following information: On the Name field, enter the name of the device you want to add (for example a critical Red ...
How to Manually Add Service Processors to NodeGrid via WebUI
Select Managed Devices :: Devices, click the Add button to add a device in the system. For the purpose of this example, provide the following information: Enter the name of the server you want to add. This device should be a server that supports ...
How to Auto-Discover and Add KVMs to NodeGrid
In order to discover KVMs on the network, first you need to add at least one KVM type manually. See the article "How to manually add KVMs to NodeGrid" for details. Then, follow the steps below: Access the NodeGrid via a browser and log in as admin ...
How to Auto-Discover and Add Power Strips to NodeGrid
In order to discover Power Strips on the network, first you need to add at least one power strip type manually. See the article "How to manually add Power Strips to NodeGrid" for details. Then, follow the steps below. Access the NodeGrid via a ...
How to Auto-Discover and Add NetApp Storage Devices to NodeGrid
In order to discover NetApp devices on the network, first you need to add at least one netapp type manually. See the article "How to manually add NetApp storage devices to NodeGrid" for details. Then, follow the steps below: Access the NodeGrid via ...
How to Auto-Discover and Add Console Servers to NodeGrid
In order to discover console servers on the network, first you need to add at least one console server type manually. See the article "How to manually add Console Servers to NodeGrid" for details. Then, follow the steps below: Access the NodeGrid ...
How to Auto-Discover and Add Virtual Machines to NodeGrid
In order to discover virtual machines on the network, first you need to add at least one virtual machine type manually. See the article "How to manually add Virtual Machines to NodeGrid" for details. Then, follow the steps below: Access the ...
How to Auto-Discover and Add Network Devices with SSH or Telnet Support to NodeGrid
Introduction: Use case for the Network scanning of IP Devices is to add all the IP managed devices into the Nodegrid Manager for managing all the devices. It can also be used to detect IP usage in the network. (This detection of IP device is ...
How to Auto-Discover and Add Service Processors to NodeGrid
In order to discover Service Processor servers on the network, first you need to add at least one service processor type manually. See the article "How to manually add Service Processors to NodeGrid" for details. Then, access the NodeGrid via a ...