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Provisioning Installation

 Topics covered in this chapter

♦Adding the BatchJobService

♦Adding the ProvisioningNwExt

♦Configuring Platform port and credentials

Provisioning software requires multiple modules installed in the modules folder of the Supervisor PC. Supervisor requirements:

• Niagara4orlater is installed on your Supervisor.

• TheSupervisor must be licensed for provisioning. A licensed Supervisor has the following entry in its [brand].license (license) file:

• Thefollowing modules must be installed in the modules folder of the Supervisor PC.– provisioningNiagara– batchJob Host controller requirements:

• Controllers should be running the same Niagara release as the Supervisor, for example Niagara 4.4. However, hosts running an earlier release than the Supervisor may be supported for most provisioning operations.

• Controllers do not require any provisioning-related module (provisioningNiagara, batchJob, provisioning), nor do they require a license feature for provisioning. They do require the program module (and the ProgramServicein their station) in order to process provisioning jobs with Run Robot steps. Adding the BatchJobService The BatchJobService manages provisioning jobs. Prerequisites: The Supervisor PC has been licensed for provisioning and has the required modules installed.

Step 1 Ifitis not already open, in Workbench, open the Supervisor station.

Step 2 Open the provisioningNiagara palette in the Workbench palette side bar.

Step 3 Expand the station’s Config space to see its Services folder, and double-click it for the Service Managerview.

Step 4 Do one of the following:

• If a BatchJobServiceis already listed, verify that it is enabled (status ok).

• If no BatchJobServiceexists, from the palette, drag the BatchJobService onto the station’s Services folder. In the popup Namewindow, rename the service—or use the default name and click OK. A BatchJobService (or whatever you named it), appears under your Servicesfolder.

Step 5 Right-click the BatchJobService and click Property Sheet.

Step 6 Set the service’s Job Queue→Max Threads property to a value greater than 1, say 2 or 3. 

Provisioning Installation Niagara Provisioning Guide This allows more than a single provisioning job to run concurrently.

Step 7 To monitor provisioning alarms, change the BatchJobService Alarm Class from the default Default Alarm Class to another alarm class Adding the ProvisioningNwExt

Prerequisites: The Supervisor PC has been licensed for provisioning and has the required modules installed.

Step 1 If it is not already open, in Workbench, open the Supervisor station.

Step 2 Open the provisioningNiagarapalette in the Workbench palette side bar.

Step 3 Underthestation’s Configspace, expand its NiagaraNetwork.

Step 4 If a ProvisioningNwEx is already a child of the network, verify that it is enabled (status ok), and skip ahead to the next procedure.

Step 5 From the palette, drag the ProvisioningNwExt onto the station’s NiagaraNetwork. In the pop up Name window, you can rename the ProvisioningNwExt—or, use the default name and Click OK. You now have a ProvisioningNwExt(or whatever you named it), under your NiagaraNetwork. When you add this extension to a Supervisor station, every existing NiagaraStation device (under the network) automatically receives five new device extensions. As you add more NiagaraStations, they too have these extensions. Configuring Platform port and credentials For each NiagaraStation device in the Supervisor station’s NiagaraNetwork, you must confirm the port and enter the corresponding platform daemon credentials of its host. The simplest way to do this is by using either the Station Manager or Provisioning Managerviews.

Configuring platform credentials is especially useful if multiple (if not all) remote hosts are using the same platform credentials. In this case, a single gang edit of these selected credentials provides the configuration needed for Supervisor access.

Step 1 IntheNavtree,expand Config→Driversand right-click the and click the Station Manager or Provisioning Manager actions.

Step 2 Select one or more stations to edit.

Step 3 Right-click and select Edit. The system opens the Provisioning Manager Edit window. Niagara Provisioning Guide Chapter 2 Provisioning Installation The last few Platform fields are for editing the station’s platform connection extension proper ties, namely for platform User, Password, and Port. In AX-3.7 and AX-3.8 versions, an additional Secure Platform boolean property is preset to false by default. In N4.0 versions the Secure Platform boolean property must be true.

Step 4 If needed, set Secure Platformto true. Notice that the default platform port is not 3011, but is 5011—unless changed to some other port for the specific platform. Step 5 Enter platform connection credentials, and, if using a non-default port address, change the port from the default port 5011 to the port number used. Your platform credentials and port should be the same credentials and port you use when you open a platform connection directly to this remote host.

Step 6 To continue, click OK. Upon the next monitor ping of the host’s platform daemon, its Station Run State should change from Unknown to Running and the station’s Platform Connection extension should now have a status of ok. To ping the platform daemon immediately, right-click an NiagaraStation’s Plat form Connection extension and click the action Ping.

Step 7 Confirm that the station, as shown in the Provisioning Manger, has a platform status of ok.

Step 8 Test the validity of the credentials, right-click the station row and select Ping from the list. Repeat this procedure for each NiagaraStation listed in the Station Managerview.