Management access to mbox appliances
Getting SSH Access (CMG/HSG)
Initially to connect to HSG/CMG, the user can SSH to device by connecting an Ethernet cable to Tth2 (Management Port) and PC, the port is configured with IP 10.10.10.1/24 and also to issue DHCP IP to external management PC.
Once management PC gets a DHCP IP (eg. 10.10.10.x/24), administrator can SSH to 10.10.10.1 and log in with the default ‘support’ account and the ‘enable’ login credential (Contact RansNet Account Manager).
For web access to the Management UI of HSG, the user needs to enable the ‘Security radius‘ command in the Console Terminal, See details in Console Access To Appliances and configure the below code. Then use the browser to connect, eg. https://10.10.10.1
login as: support
support@mbox's password:
mbox> enable
Enter enable password:
mbox#
mbox# configure
mbox(config)# security radius-server
mbox(config-radius)# startGetting Console Access (CMG/HSG/UA/HSA/MAP)
To access mbox CLI, you can also use the serial console with DB9 female connector. Find below the mbox product and the Connection type cables
| S/N | Host | Cable Type | Baud rate |
| 01. | HSG | Serial (Rj45 to db9 serial console cable + USB to Serial 9-Pin Converter Cable or USB to RJ45 Console Cable) | 19200 |
| 02. | CMG | Serial (db9 female to female serial console cable + USB to Serial 9-Pin Converter Cable) | 19200 |
| 03. | HSA / UA | Serial (Rj45 to db9 serial console cable + USB to Serial 9-Pin Converter Cable / USB to RJ45 Console Cable) | 115200 |
| 04. | MAP | Serial (Rj45 to db9 serial console cable + USB to Serial 9-Pin Converter Cable / USB to RJ45 Console Cable) | 9600 |
NOTE
HSG / CMG Host’s ethernet port ‘ETH2’ is pre-configured with IP address 10.10.10.1/24, by this you can access mbox using SSH.
Understanding Command Line Interface
You may want to access mbox Command Line Interface (CLI) to configure advanced features for complex deployment scenarios or perform in-depth troubleshooting for advanced engineers.
CLI provides an intuitive way to manage mbox configurations. There are 4 main modes:
| S.no | Commands | Description |
| 01. | mbox> | Unprivileged (read-only) mode. This is the default mode upon initial login (eg. login with support, through console or SSH) |
| 02. | mbox# | Privileged (enabled) mode. Under read-only mode, enter “enable”, followed by an ‘enable’ password to enter enable mode. |
| 03. | mbox (config)# | Configure mode. This is where we start our configuration. Type “configure” under enable mode. |
| 04. | mbox (config-xx)# | Context mode. This is where you configure individual parameters for each config, eg. interface settings, DHCP scope, etc. |
mbox CLI shortcuts:
There’re some interesting short-cut keys you can use to make your work easy and fast with mbox CLI.
| S.No | Shortcut Keys | Description |
| 01. | Ctrl + A | Move to Begin of the Line |
| 02. | Ctrl + E | Move to End of the Line |
| 03. | Ctrl + C | Clear current line |
| 04. | Ctrl + D | Delete Character on the right of the cursor |
| 05. | Ctrl + K | Delete everything on the right of the cursor |
| 06. | Ctrl + U | Delete everything on the left of the cursor |
| 07. | Ctrl + W | Delete Words on the left of the cursor |
| 08. | Ctrl + L | Clear the screen |
| 09. | ? | shows the list of available commands |
| 10. | no | to remove existing commands |
| 11. | tab/space | Auto completes current command (enter enough character to make it unique) |
Understanding to insert SIM into HSA / UA
- HSA devices support Micro SIM, Its 15mm in Length, 12mm in Width and .76mm in height
- Info : Once you insert the Micro SIM, the device needs to be rebooted.
- UA devices support Standard SIM (Mini SIM), Its 25mm in Length, 15mm in Width and .76mm in height
- Info : Once you insert the Standard SIM, the device needs to be rebooted.
Preparing mbox for mfusion orchestration
The mfusion platform can be a VM or Physical server hosted in the cloud, or an on-premise (private) deployment that is reachable by HSG, CMG, HSA, UA, and MAP.
All RansNet devices, once come online with direct Internet access, will auto attempt to “call-home” to register with mfusion for monitoring and orchestration.
Getting Devices Online
All RansNet devices default configuration (factory default setting) has WAN (eth0) interface configured to obtain IP address from upstream DHCP server and automatically connect to Internet.
If static IP is required for WAN connection, you need to access via SSH/console to configure WAN/eth0 via CLI.
login as: support
support@mbox's password:
mbox> enable
Enter enable password:
mbox#
mbox# configure
mbox(config)# interface eth0
mbox(config-eth0)# ip address <WANIP>/prefix (eg. 202.120.9.2/30)
mbox(config)#
mbox(config)# ip default-gateway <gateway-ip> (eg. 202.120.9.1)
mbox(config)# ip name-server 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4Preparing to Register Device with mfusion
mfusion – RansNet cloud mode (portal.ransnet.com)
RansNet has a hosted cloud mfusion platform (portal.ransnet.com), shared by all customers and partners to manage RansNet appliances. Each authorized RansNet partner will be given an administrative access to RansNet mfusion. User can contact RansNet account manager for the login credentials.
Each RansNet device (factory default setting) will auto-connect to portal.ransnet.com once online. No special device configuration is required, except that we must provision the device on RansNet cloud mfusion.
mfusion – On-premise mode
For enterprises who purchase and deploy mfusion as an on-premise appliance, we have to pre-provision the mbox appliance to register with on-premise mfusion IP address.
login as: support
support@mbox's password:
mbox> enable
Enter enable password:
mbox#
mbox# configure
mbox(config)# ip host portal.ransnet.com <onprem-mfusion-ip>.
Troubleshooting Host + mfusion provisioning issue.
Refer to the mfusion connectivity link to troubleshoot the mfusion connectivity issue.
Provisioning Devices To mfusion
Once the orchestration is ready, the user can provision the device to the orchestration. See Provisioning device on mfusion