Manage USB Devices Using Fleet
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Objective
This guide provides instructions on how to manage USB devices for your sites using fleet configuration via VoltConsole. See Fleet for conceptual details of the fleet.
You can enable or disable access to USB devices for your sites via the fleet configuration. By default all USB devices are denied in the fleet and you can either allow all or attach USB device policies to manage specific devices. You can also create USB device policy from within the fleet configuration.
Using the instructions in this guide, you can update fleet configuration to enable or disable access to all or specific USB devices for your sites that are part of the fleet.
Prerequisites
- A valid Volterra Account is required.
Note: In case you do not have an account, see Create a Volterra Account.
- One or more Volterra Sites. See Site Management for more information.
- Volterra fleet with the sites added to this fleet. See Create a Fleet for more information.
Configuration
The following video shows creating a fleet with the required network configuration and applying to your gateways:
Apply USB Device Policy Using Fleet
Log into the VoltConsole and perform the following:
Step 1: Navigate to fleets and start editing fleet configuration.
- Select
Manage
from the configuration menu in thesystem
namespace. SelectSite Management
->Fleet
from the options.
- Click
...
->Edit
for the fleet through which you want to manage USB devices.
Step 2: Start configuring USB device policy.
* Go to `Advanced Configuration` section and enable `Show Advanced Fields` option.-
Select an option for the
USB Device Policy
field and perform configuration as per the following guidelines:- Select
Deny All USB Devices
to deny all USB devices for your sites. This is selected by default. - Select
Allow All USB Devices
to allow all USB devices for your sites. - Select
USB Device Policy
to apply an existing USB device policy or create a new one.
- Select
This example creates a new USB device policy from within fleet configuration and applies it to fleet.
- Click
Create new usb policy
in the options for theUSB Device Policy
field. This opens the USB device policy creation form.
Step 3: Create a USB device policy.
- Enter a name for the USB device policy in the metadata section.
-
Go to
Allowed USB devices
section and configure the fields as per the following guidelines. You can enter any one field or combination of fields.- iSerialNumber - Enter index of serial number for your device
- Vendor ID - Enter the device vendor identifier.
- Product ID - Enter the device product identifier assigned by the manufacturer.
- Class - Enter the device class.
- Subclass - Enter the device subclass.
- Protocol - Enter the protocol for this device.
This example creates a policy with the vendor identifier.
Note: You can add more than one device using the
Add item
option.
- Click
Continue
to create the policy and apply it to the fleet configuration.
Note: You can obtain the USB device properties using the site dashboard for your site. Navigate to
Sites
->Site List
in the system namespace, click on your site to open its dashboard, and click on theTools
tab. SelectShow USB devices
option for theSelect tool
field. Select a node from the list of theNode name
field.
Step 4: Complete updating the fleet configuration.
- Go to
Enable Default Fleet Config Download
section and enableShow Advanced Fields
option. - Click on the
Enable Default Fleet Config Download
checkbox.
- Click
Save and Exit
to apply the USB device policy to the sites that are part of the fleet.
The USB device policy gets applied to the sites that are part of the fleet.