Use the addNode command to add a standalone node into a cell. The addNode command does the following:
For information about port numbers, see port number settings in WebSphere Application Server versions.
Tips for using the addNode command:
If in the hosts file mappings exist from the 127.0.0.1 IP address to a host name other than localhost, remove the mappings. The following example illustrates what might happen if the mappings are not removed: When a node agent communicates with the deployment manager, it sends its IP address to the deployment manager. The node agent resolves the node agent host name to 127.0.0.1 if the operating system returns a mapping for the host name from the hosts file. This resolution prevents the deployment manager from sending a message to the node agent because the 127.0.0.1 IP address is also the IP address for the local machine of the deployment manager.
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris users: The hosts file is located at /etc/hosts.
Windows users: The hosts file is located at \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
hosts=local,bind4