Associate a Device with the Shell
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Associate a Device with the Shell
Learn to assign a device with the shell.
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Site templates offer the capability to pre-stage site
and device configurations if the hardware is inaccessible or offline during
deployment. This feature, known as the Device Shell, allows the creation of
elements, network visualization, and basic configurations.
When deploying a site using a site template, if you
input the device serial number, and if the device is available, unclaimed, and
online during the site deployment, it will be provisioned as part of the deployment
process. However, if the physical device's serial number is unavailable or the
device is inaccessible during deployment, a virtual configuration, termed as Device
Shell, is generated to preconfigure the device within the site. When the device is
available, you can attach the physical device to this device shell to finalize the
deployment of the site.
A device shell icon
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represents an ION device that has not been assigned to
that element yet. When a device is allocated to the tenant and is online, it can be
assigned to the device shell at the site from theUnclaimed
state. At this point, the configuration from the device shell is transferred to the
actual device, and the device shell is deleted.
There are two ways of assigning a device to a shell:
- Device shell is deployed and listed under Claimed Devices
- Navigate to .
- Select the device from the Claimed Devices, if the device shell is already deployed and listed under Claimed Devices.
- From the ellipsis menu, select Assign the Device to
shell.
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Only an unclaimed device can be assigned to a device shell. - From the Assign Device dialog, select an
unclaimed device to assign the device shell, select
Assign.After assigning, the shell icon is removed from the web interface and the device changes to the Assigned state. If a device has been already claimed, unclaim it before making any new assignments.If you know the serial number of the device, you can directly update it in the table when deploying a site. Internally, the serial number is associated with the device when the device is available in the controller.
- The device is listed under Unclaimed Devices
- If the device is listed under Unclaimed Devices, select a device from Unclaimed Devices.
- From the ellipsis menu, select Assign to Device
shell to select the device shell for the selected
device.
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- If there are multiple device shells, select and Assign a device shell for the device.
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