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Chapter 5. Device Management

Preliminary Procedures

Before devices can be managed, they must first be added into the system,

which is done through four basic steps:

1. Connecting the devices to the same network segment as the CC2000. You

must do this for the Primary and each of the Secondaries.

2. Once the devices have been connected to the same network segment as the

CC2000, the CC2000 managing that segment must be made aware of

them. This can be done either by enabling the CC Management function

on the device’s ANMS page (see Device ANMS Settings on page 276), or

with the Initialize devices IP/Port function in System Broadcast (see

System Broadcast on page 157). Each of the Secondaries, then notifies the

Primary of the devices connected to it.

Note: 1. On the Devices page of the Primary, clicking the Add → Auto

Discovery lists all the available devices including all of the ones

connected to its Secondaries.

2. Devices that already have been added to the CC2000

management system do not show in the list of available devices.

3. From the Primary CC2000 unit, the devices recognized in step 2 must be

added to the CC2000’s management system (see page 65).

4. Finally, devices can be created either as actual physical port devices (by

unlocking each port), or by combining various ports into logical device

constructs (Aggregate Devices, Group Devices, etc.). See Adding an

Aggregate Device, page 87, for details.

Using VPN

In some installations, you may prefer to use a VPN (virtual private network)

environment for your CC2000 management functions. In this configuration, it

is not necessary for the device to be recognized by the CC2000 that manages

its network segment. It can be recognized directly by the Primary unit. This is

accomplished by enabling the CC Management function (on the device’s

ANMS page – see page 276) and keying in the IP address of the CC2000

Primary you want the device to be recognized by. See VPNs, page 277, for

details.