Add a stack to the Manager

The following steps describe how to add stacked Sensors to the Manager:

Start the Manager software.
Log in to the Manager (the default username is admin and the default password is admin123).
To add stacked Sensors in the Manager, go to Devices → <Admin Domain> → Global → Device Manager, then select Stacks tab.
The Stacks tab is displayed. See Stacks for more information.
Click to add a new stack.
The Stack Details window opens.
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, including numbers, hyphens, underscore, periods, and letters.
- Device Type — Select IPS Stack from the drop-down.
- Model Type — Displays the Sensor models available for stacking: IPS-NS9500 and IPS-NS9600. Select IPS-NS9600.
- 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 listed below:
  - 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
  - 31 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 enter later 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 — Shows the throughput for the 9600 stack.
  If you have selected IPS-NS9600 as the Model Type, the following option is available for capacity configuration:
  Capacity
  Number of Sensors in the stack
  120 Gbps
  2
- Sync Mode — Select Direct or Indirect.
  Note
  Selecting Indirect enables Offline Sensor update. Direct is the default mode.
- Comment — (Optional) Enter any comments about the stack being added.
Click Save.
An informational message window appears showing the names of the member Sensors in the stack. Click OK to confirm the changes.
1. A warning pop-up appears on screen, if there is no valid license assigned to the stack being configured. Click OK to proceed with the license assignment task.
  Important
  Assignment and unassignment of multiple licenses to NS9600 stacked Sensors or stacked Sensors in fail-over setup can only be performed from the Device Manager page.
2. Capacity license for: <stack name> window appears, showing a list of the licenses in use by the stack (if any) ,with details such as Grant ID, Capacity, Key, and Expiration.
  You can combine multiple licenses of different capacity to achieve the throughput requirement of NS9600 stack (2-node). To do so, click Change License.
  Important
  120 Gbps throughput license is required for a NS9600 stack of 2 nodes to run.
3. Assign or Change license for <stack name> window appears. Select the required capacity license(s) from the list of licenses already added to the Manager and click Assign.
  If you need to add the required license to the Manager, click and follow the steps outlined in Add a license to the Manager. Once added to the Manager, assign the selected license to the stack.
4. An informational message appears showing that the required license(s) have been assigned to the stack. Click OK.
  Note
  Alternatively, you can assign licenses to the stacked NS9600 Sensors by clicking icon under the License field of the required stack on the Stacks tab of the Device Manager page.
  The new stack in displayed on the Stacks tab.
5. You must manually push the configuration after the license is assigned to the stack. For more information on licenses, see Management of NS9600 Sensor licenses.
Close the Stacks tab.
In the Device Manager page, the member Sensor instances are displayed as <Stackname-node id> (for example, <Stackname-1> and <Stackname-2>).
Capacity
Sensor name
120 Gbps
<Stackname-1>
<Stackname-2>
Using the Sensor CLI, configure the Sensors with the same name and node ID as the names displayed in the Device Manager page.