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Creating ODRs
You can create on demand routers (ODRs) to route requests to Intelligent Management nodes. The ODR is fully aware of the dynamic state of the cell, so that if one server in the cell fails, the requests are routed to another server. The configuration of the ODR in the DMZ is not supported.
Before you begin
- The ODR is a server that acts as an intermediary for HTTP requests that are serviced by application servers or Web servers. Make sure you have an application or Web server installed. By default, the ODR binds to ports 80 and 443 for listening on HTTP and HTTPs, which requires running the ODR as a root user. If you want to run the ODR as a non-root user, you must change the PROXY listening ports to values greater than 1024.
SIP is not supported on the z/OS® operating system.
About this task
A deployment manager profile cannot be used as the target profile for an ODR. Only an application server profile can be used as the target node when creating an ODR. To collocate an ODR with a deployment manager, a separate Intelligent Management-enabled application server profile must be created and federated on the same machine as the Intelligent Management-enabled deployment manager profile. You can then create an ODR within the application server profile.
The nodes hosting an ODR must be at the same level as the deployment manager.

Procedure
Results
The ODR that you created automatically routes HTTP requests to product cells.
What to do next
To enable routing to another product cell, configure your cell to communicate with other product cells.
You might want to configure the ODR to route work to nodes that are not running Intelligent Management nodes. After you create the ODR and apply any optional configuration parameters, you can define the ability to route work to nodes that are not running Intelligent Management. Note that the configuration of the ODR in the DMZ is not supported.