Overview
mfusion is a cloud-based platform that simplifies SD-Branch/SD-WAN deployments and handles provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring of all RansNet appliances. Also designed to provide the in-depth network visibility business needs through a secure and intuitive web portal. From servers, routers to applications, mfusion is able to pro-actively monitor and present real-time information from a Centralized Platform.
The key function of mfusion cloud platform includes:
- Zero-touch provisioning for mbox appliances (HSA, UA, CMG, and HSG). When each mbox appliance powers up, it will auto “call-home” to mfusion, which hosts the configuration repository, and the administrator can simply push the desired config to the targeted host without the need for a certified on-site engineer.
- Centralized management. mfusion provides centralized config management, config backup, firmware/patch management, and remote control (reboot) of devices without the need to SSH or console into each host. It has a built-in config editor for modifying host config and instantly (or scheduled) push to target hosts, which greatly simplifies operational supports.
- Centralized visibility. Once each host goes online, it’s automatically monitored by mfusion, which provides complete visibility over network and device health status, and instantly alerts for faults or thresholds. Its customizable report module allows administrators to generate comprehensive usage reports and send them to the target audience without any administrator burdens.
- Service-provider focused. mfusion is primarily designed for ISP or MSP to manage and support large mbox appliance deployments. Its super-tenancy dashboard access allows providers to give the end customers access to their own devices for real-time visibility. mfusion can be provided as a physical appliance or virtual machine (VM) appliance. It comes with it’s pre-built, hardened, and optimized mboxOS packed with all necessary applications so that ISP/MSP can immediately start to provide end-customer services.
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Preparing mfusion Access
Provisioning Procedure
- Create Customer Entity
- Create mfusion User Account
- Add Host and map to an entity.
Prerequisites
- mbox device should have internet access
- mbox with a valid license, warranty / Care (Support),
- Credentials to access mfusion URL
- [ For the mfusion URL & login credentials you can contact your System Integrator / OEM ]
- Take a note of the MAC address and Serial Number of the host
- [ MAC address & Serial Number can be obtained from the label on the cardboard packaging box. ]
Create Customer Entity
In a multi-tenancy setup, partners are allowed to add customer entities under the mfusion portal ADMIN tab, to provision a separate entity for each customer, and assign a login account to that entity, so that each customer is restricted to access their own entity data. Particularly in a cloud-based deployment, the entity names must be as specific as possible, Yet still, keep a short-form for easy search, and identify the location with a country code.
Find the steps below to create a customer’s entity
- Browse mfusion URL and login.
- Navigate to ‘ADMIN‘ and click the ‘Entities‘ submenu, then the LIST OF ENTITIES screen opens-up.
- Click on
to create an entity. - Fill the Entity Details (Entity Name (CompanyFullName(no space)_ShortForm(optional)_CountryCode) and Remarks (optional)) and click on the
button
NOTE
The entity naming convention is extremely important as it spans across multiple modules and the entity name can’t be changed once added, and later if you delete, all hosts, Ads, CMS, MACC contents, and users belonging to this entity will be deleted too.
| Section | Fields | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Entity Details | ||
| Status | This shows the current status of the entity you created. The Enabled / Disabled option can be changed here. | |
| Entity Name | Shows the name of the entity you created. – (Read-Only) | |
| Parent Entity | This option is to change the created entity as the ROOT entity or as a child entity of a parent Entity. | |
| Add Child Entity | This option is to change the created entity as the child entity of the ROOT entity | |
| Child Entities | Displays the child entity registered/attached below the parent entity. | |
| Attached Files | This is for documentation purpose. eg: project docs, Datasheet | |
| Entity Configs | User can attach the config files in the format of .menc, .txt, tar.gz |
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Partner entity (created by super admin) – Service providers who purchased mbox with provider license can create Parent entity, then partners can manage their own customer entity.
Child entity (created by partner admin) – Service providers who purchased mbox with provider license can create child entity, then partners can manage their own customer entity (Child Entity).
Create mfusion User Account
Find the steps below to create a mfusion login account
- Navigate to ‘ADMIN‘ > Accounts‘ , then click on
button and fill in the user details form.
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Users need to fill in the Username, Password, Confirm Password, Full Name, E-mail, Mobile number, Add User Entity, Profile, Rights, and User Logo (optional)
- Select the entity/entities that need to be managed by this login account.
- Select the User Profile to map the access permission for the login user account.
- Admin profile has access to all the major modules including MAP centre, mfusion cloud, Reports, and ADMIN (to create customer entity, Accounts, and Hosts)
- MACC profile has access to MAP Cloud Centre to Monitoring, Planning, Configuration & Maintenance of the Access point.
- For on-premises mfusion setup, you can create your own profiles by navigating to ADMIN > Permissions
- Click
button to save the configuration.
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NOTE
2-Factor Authentication (2FA) can be enabled for user login with one-time pin User can receive sent by Email or SMS.- System Admin needs to enable 2FA login for mfusion and configure SMTP Mail server / SMS Gateway settings in ‘ADMIN > General‘ *
– User can set up 2FA login themselves by clicking 
> ‘My Profile‘ at the top right corner.* This only applies to on-premise mfusion setup, as RansNet cloud mfusion (portal.ransnet.com) has already enabled 2FA support.
Provisioning mbox appliances
Getting Device Online
Device should be online and able to connect to mfusion. See mbox bootstrapping.
Add Host to Target Entities
In mfusion configuration GUI, each “Host” refers to a mbox device (RansNet appliance), eg. CMG/HSG/HSA/UA.
Follow the steps below to add Host
- Navigate to ‘ADMIN‘ > ‘Hosts’ s, then click on
button.
- The NEW HOST (Host Details) form opens-up
| Host Details Fields | Descriptions |
| Host Type | Select “mfusion mbox” |
| Host Name | This should be the MAC address of the mbox eth0 interface, The format should be (xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx), and all alphabet characters have to be in lower case. |
| Entity | This option will bind the mbox to the created entity. |
| Alias | This is the display name to identity the mbox (Alias name) |
| Serial No | This should be the Serial Number of the mbox * |
| Template | Choose the correct template type for your mbox, depending on its respective model (eg. CMG, HSG, UA, or HSA) |
| Host Location (Optional) | Enter the location address of the mbox located |
- Select the ‘mfusion mbox‘ option from the Host Type dropdown menu
- Select the entity that you wanted to map the mbox device.
- Enter the Serial number of the mbox (You can find it on the packaging box)
- Select the Template_HSA (Product: HSA/UA) or Template_mbox (Product: HSG/CMG) from the Template option.
- Enter the mac address in lowercase, in the ‘Host Name‘ textbox
- Click on
Once the provision is successfully completed, you can navigate to the menu ‘ORCHESTRATOR > Monitoring > Hosts‘ to view the Hosts status.
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Access to Device Monitoring
See Device Monitoring link
Access to Device Management
See Device Management link
Reference Link
Follow this video guide:
Step1 – Slot in 45/5G Sim card & power on the device.
Step2 – Provision your device on RansNet mfusion.
Step3 – Orchestrate device settings from mfusion.
