Configuring ViEdge

This section describes what each profile is doing and how to create/update a profile. You will learn how to:

  • create communication protocols

  • create and run discovery profiles

  • create polling profiles to get data from devices directly or using perspectives

  • work with firmware and configuration versions

Communication protocols

Standard device communication protocols are available from the main Dashboard in System Configuration area.

system configuration

By default, REST and SNMP protocols are available for users.

communication protocols view

To create a new communication protocol, click Add Communication Protocol and populate the required fields in the General section.

add communication protocol
  • Expand Communication Protocol Type dropdown and select a required type of protocols:

    SNMP, REST, SSH, OBIX
  • Fill in manadatory fields Name and Port

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is also supported, but it is not mandatory. Select a Use SSL checkbox if you need it.

A user is able to add Credentials for Communication Protocol.

add communication protocol credentials

Depending on communication protocol type, for example, REST, SNMP, SSH or OBIX types, different fields of credentials are required.

add communication protocol add credentials
  • For SNMP protocol different types are available:

    • SNMPv1/SNMPv2

communication protocol credentials snmpv1 v2
  • SNMPv3

Expand Privacy Mode dropdown and select a required type:

  • NoAuthNoPriv

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  • AuthNoPriv

    Select required Auth Protocol: MD5 or SHA
comm protocol credentials v3 Auth NoPriv md5
  • AuthPriv

Expand Privacy Protocol and select one of the protocols:

DES, AES, AESS192 or AES256
comm protocol credentials v3 AuthPriv

Perspectives

Perspectives are in Device classification and categories in System Configuration.

system configuration

Perspective is a logical grouping used to classify devices and define categories. The user, at his discretion, creates perspectives, for example, as an association by a location, a device type or a business unit. The perspective creation is a part of System Configuration.

Initially discovered devices are part of Unassigned grouping in Perspective Explorer.

perspectives view

To create a new perspective, a user clicks Add Perspective.

add perspectives

By clicking Node a user is able to create a desirable perspective structure.

perspective structure

Discovery

Network device discovery is a device search within the specified network range. To create a discovery profile, you need know a communication protocol and determine network address as IP range or IP list.

discovery profiles view

To create a new discovery profile, a user clicks Add Discovery Profile

add discovery profile

A user is able to configure discovery schedule.

add discovery profile schedule

Polling

To get data from device sensors, ViEdge provides polling mechanism for it in Configure measurement polling.

data management

To add a polling profile, a user should click Add Polling Profile.

add polling profile

A user is able to set profile types:

  • All devices

  • Perspective

  • Device List.

Devices can also be polled at a regular interval to ensure that their status is up-to-date. Polling also ensures that all discovered devices are reachable.

add discovery profile schedule

The results of polling can be viewed at View Sensors menu in Inventory.

Firmware management

ViEdge supports mass firmware updates. Select Configure firmware updates.

configuration Firmware configuration

Available Firmware profiles are available in the view:

firmware profile view

To add a new profile, a user should click Add Firmware Profile.

add firmware profile

Firmware can be selected within available ones or create a new one.

new firmware

To complete Firmware Profile, target devices should be added.

add firmware profile devices

To execute Firmware Profile, a user should select a required profile and click Run Firmware Profile.

To edit a firmware profile, a user should select

pencil

in a column

actions

To import firmware, a user should go to Manage firmwares at Main dashboard.

configuration Firmware configuration

Avaialable firmware view is:

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By clicking Import Firmware, a dialog appears.

import configuration

Select a file, device type, add a name and save a firmware version.

Configuration management

ViEdge supports Mass configuration. A user should select Configure configuration updates.

configuration Firmware configuration

Configurations profile view:

configuration profile view

To add a new configuration profile, a user should click Add Configuration Profile.

add configuration profile

Configurations can be selected within available ones or create a new one.

add configuration new

To complete Configuration Profile, target devices should be added.

add configuration profile devices

Profile statuses

There are next profile statuses applicable for

Discovery, Polling, Firmware and Configuration profiles
  • Idle - the profile is newly created or updated and not run yet

  • In progress - the profile is executing

  • Completed - the profile completed successfully

  • Cancelled - the profile was cancelled by a user or interrupted by timeout

  • Failed - the profile execution failed

  • Fix me- the profile dependencies was removed by a user (i.e. devices, firmware or configuration files, etc.)

Execution details can be found in Logs. Broken profiles can be fixed manually by providing required dependencies