About this Document
This user guide provides you with the essential features and functions of Nodegrid Manager or Nodegrid Platform and the following supporting units, ensuring you can effectively manage and optimize your IT infrastructure.
Nodegrid Serial Console
Nodegrid Serial Console Plus
Nodegrid Serial Console Plus - Core
Nodegrid Net Services Router
Nodegrid Gate SR
Nodegrid Bold SR
Nodegrid Link SR
Nodegrid Hive SR
Nodegrid Mini SR
Nodegrid NSR Lite
About Nodegrid Platform
Nodegrid Platform is the ZPE network operating system that streamlines the management of data center IT infrastructure, providing network engineers and system administrators with a unified interface for accessing and controlling managed devices. A managed device is any physical or virtual device configured under Nodegrid Manager for access and control. The Nodegrid Manager provides a unified solution to control compute, network, storage, and smart power assets. With Nodegrid Manager, you gain secure, centralized, out-of-band management of remote devices, enhancing efficiency and minimizing Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) when integrated with existing serial console servers, service processors, PDUs, UPSs, and KVM/IP devices.
Key Features
Access and control physical and virtual assets (VMware, KVM) from a single screen.
Facilitates quick and easy deployment of IT infrastructure.
Compatible with all IT asset types and console protocols, ensuring flexibility.
Features policy-based discovery and management to streamline operations.
Maintains the security of firewalls while providing comprehensive management capabilities.
Installs directly from a bootable ISO with no additional software required.
Simplifies initial setup and configuration processes.
Supports a wide range of vendors and technologies, including Avocent, Raritan, APC, Cisco, NetApp, HP iLO, Dell iDRAC, Redfish, and more.
Offers access to physical and virtual consoles through various means, including RS-232 Serial, VMware MKS & Serial, KVM-over-IP, SSH, and more.
Access Nodegrid Manager from mobile, tablet, or desktop devices, with additional options for CLI, API, search bar, bookmarks, and more.
Nodegrid Manager Hardware Requirements
The following table shows the system hardware requirements to set up a Nodegrid Manager:
Item | Description |
CPU | Minimum: two cores, x86_64 CPU |
Memory & Storage | 4 GB RAM, minimum 32 GB HDD |
Interfaces | Minimum 1 Gigabit Ethernet interface |
Supported Hypervisors | VMWare ESX LinuKVM Oracle Virtualbo-- LinuxOS |
Notifications
USA
WARNING
Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense.
Canada
This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
European Union
This is a class-A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference in which case, the user may be required to take adequate measures.
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