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Networking requirements
GridION uses a 1x1 Gbps Copper interface for connecting to your local infrastructure. This has a single port with the IP address configured to DHCP by default (however static IPs are configurable).
This connection will be used for:- Sending telemetry* information to Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
- Receiving software and firmware updates to the device
- Streaming biological sequence data to your local storage infrastructure
To implement the GridION into the local infrastructure, all appropriate cabling must be provided by the customer.
* Telemetry contains metadata about the settings and conditions of a sequencing run. Nothing specific about the genomic content of individual reads is included - only generic information is logged, such as sequence length and q-score.
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Configuring your network
If you want to connect your GridION to a single network, you should use the user interface
To configure your GridION to connect to multiple networks, open a Terminal window and enter:
ont-network-settings
The options for this script are:
--dhcp
- Optional - Use DCHP and removes need for all other features except for the interfaces, bond and overwrite
--address ip_address
- Required - IP address of the GridION
--subnet subnet_mask
- Required - Subnet mask for the GridION
--gateway gateway_address
- Required- Default gateway for the GridION
--dns DNS_server1,DNS_server2
- Required - DNS servers for the GridION
--search your_domain
- Required - Your domain suffix (e.g. yourcompany.local)
--overwrite
- Optional
--help
- Details the options aboveTo update the settings, you must run the suitable command from the above options with the
--overwrite
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Validate the IP address
To validate that the IP address has been set correctly using a static or DHCP address, you can use the command:
ifconfig
The returned information will contain the IP address for the Ethernet link, as below:
grid@GXB03415:~$ ifconfig
docker0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 172.17.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.17.255.255
ether 02:42:35:39:60:40 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
eno1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 10.150.60.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.150.60.255
inet6 fe80::78cf:8a5c:26ec:4611 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 3c:7c:3f:be:02:81 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)