The DataPower® appliance
manager automatically starts if you issue a request to the DataPower appliance
manager and it is not already started. You can initiate a request using the
wsadmin tool, or by selecting any of the administrative console pages that
enable you to view or change settings for DataPower appliances, firmware,
or managed sets, or the administrative console page that is used to monitor
DataPower appliance manager tasks. The appliance manager also automatically
starts when the deployment manager starts if there are any DataPower appliances
configured in the appliance manager.
Before you begin
The first time that you use the DataPower appliance manager, you
must add at least one appliance to the appliance manager. Before adding an
appliance to the appliance manager, you must 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
gotcha
About this task
When the DataPower appliance manager starts, it automatically
starts the channel chain which causes a bind to the port that is defined for
the DataPower appliance manager.
To access the DataPower appliance
manager, in the administrative console, click , and then perform one or more of the
following actions. As previously stated, if this is the first time that you
are using the DataPower appliance manager, you must add at least one appliance
to the appliance manager before completing any of the other actions.
If
you need to shut down the DataPower appliance manager, in the administrative
console, click , and then click .
Procedure
What to do next
You can configure Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for the DataPower appliance
manager.