You can use the DataPower® appliance manager that is provided with
the product to administer a DataPower appliance. After you add an appliance
to the DataPower appliance manager, you can make it part of a managed set
of appliances if you want the DataPower appliance manager to keep the shared
appliance settings for this appliance synchronized with the shared appliance
settings of the other appliances that are part of that managed set.
Before you begin
- Verify that the appliance that you are adding is at a Version 3.6.0.4
or higher firmware level. The appliance manager cannot manage an appliances
that is not at a Version 3.6.0.4 or higher firmware level.
- Verify that the appliance manager can communicate with the port that is
used for the XML Management interface AMP endpoint on the appliance. The appliance
manager uses this port to send commands to an appliance.
- Verify that the appliance can communicate with the port that is used for
the DataPowerMgr_inbound_secure endpoint on the deployment manager. The appliance
uses this port to send events to the appliance manager.
- Verify that the Appliance Management Protocol (AMP) endpoint is enabled
for each appliance. If the XML Management interface AMP endpoint was disabled
during installation, use the DataPower WebGUI to enable the AMP endpoint.
- Verify that there is not a firewall between the deployment manager and
the appliances that will be part of a managed set. If there is a firewall
between the deployment manager and the appliances, that firewall might prevent
the appliance manager from communicating with the appliances in a managed
set.
About this task
You can use the administrative console to add a new DataPower appliance
or to access the DataPower WebGUI. If you want to access the DataPower
WebGUI, in the administrative console, click , and then click . Complete the following steps
if you want to add a add a new DataPower appliance.
Avoid trouble: Remember that the XML management interface port, which defaults
to port number 5550, is different from the Web Management Service port, which
defaults to port number 9090. The DataPower appliance manager uses the XML
management interface port to manage the DataPower appliances. You use the
Web Management Service port to access the WebGUI on the DataPower appliance.
You can use the same user ID and password to access both the XML management
interface and the WebGUI.
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Procedure
- In the administrative console, click .
- Specify a unique name for the appliance in the field. An appliance name must be unique and cannot
contain an invalid character. The name field cannot contain the characters
# $ @ \ / , : ; " * ? < > | = + & % or '.
- Specify an IP address or fully qualified host name in the field.
- Specify the XML management interface port that the DataPower appliance
uses in the field.
- Specify the ID that you want to use to connect to the DataPower
appliance in the field.
- Specify the password that you want to associate with the user ID
in the and fields.
- Click to add
the new appliance.
Results
The DataPower appliance manager is managing this appliance.
What to do next
You can change appliance settings, add the appliance to a managed
set, or remove the appliance from the DataPower appliance manager.
Avoid trouble: For security reasons, the DataPower appliance
manager does not include Crypto material, such as keys and certificates, in
the shareable settings and domain versions that it creates. Therefore, after
you add an appliance to the appliance manager, you must manually add any Crypto
material that you want to apply for the new appliance.
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