Add a stack to the Manager

To add a stack of Sensors to the Manager, perform the following steps:

1. Go to Devices → <Admin Domain Name> → Global → Device Manager → Stacks page.
   
   
   
2. Click to add a new stack.
   The Stack Details window opens.
   
   
3. Enter the following mandatory information in the appropriate fields.
   • Stack Name — The stack name must begin with a letter. The maximum length of the name is 25 characters.
   • Shared Secret — The shared secret must be a minimum of 8 characters and maximum of 25 characters in length. The key cannot start with an exclamation mark nor can have any spaces. The parameters that you can use to define the key are:
     • 26 alphabets: Uppercase and lowercase (A, B, C,...Z and a,b,c,...z)
     • 10 digits: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
     • 32 symbols: ~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + ‑ = [ ] { } \ | ; : " ' , . <? /

     Note

     The Sensor stack name and node ID and shared secret key that you enter in the Manager must be identical to the shared secret that you will later enter during physical installation or initialization of the Sensor (using CLI). If not, the Sensor will not be able to register itself with the Manager.

   • Confirm Shared Secret — Confirm the shared secret key.
   • Capacity — The throughput for the Stack. Based on the throughput, the number of Sensors will also differ. See the table below:

     Capacity	Number of Sensors
     40 Gbps	2
     60 Gbps	2
     100 Gbps	4

   • Sync Mode — Select Direct or Indirect.

     Note

     Selecting Indirect enables Offline Sensor update. Direct is the default mode.

4. Click Save.
   The new stack in displayed in the Stacks window.
   
   In the Sensors page, the member Sensor instances are displayed in the <Stackname-node id> format. For example, <Stackname-1>, <Stackname-2>, and so on.
   
   
5. Using the Sensor CLI, configure the Sensors with the same name and node ID as the names displayed in the Sensors page.
6. In the Manager, go to Manager → <Admin Domain Name> → Setup → Licenses and upload the license for the stack. You must manually push the configuration after the license is assigned to the stack.