For multiple WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliances to
be grouped for availability, scalability and management purposes,
you must create a collective.
Before you begin
Before you set up a collective, you must have Appliance administration
access to the consoles for the appliances that you want to add to
the collective.
About this task
To create a collective, you must add all the host names and
secret keys for all the appliances that you want to group into a collective
to the configuration of the one of the appliances. The appliances
can communicate all configuration information. This information includes
data grids, monitoring information,
users and groups, and collective memberships.
Procedure
- Select a single appliance to which you are adding the host
names and secret keys for the other appliances in the collective.
For each of the other appliances, open a new browser window and complete
the following steps:
- In the user interface,
click .
- A list of the appliances in the collective displays.
The appliance that you are logged in to is marked with the console
icon (
). Note the Host
name and Secret key for this appliance. Table 1. Appliance statesIcon |
Definition |
 |
Indicates the appliance that you are logged
into, and that the appliance is running. |
 |
Indicates that the appliance is started and
is available for configuration and use. |
 |
Indicates that the appliance is stopped and
is not available. |
- Add the host name and secret keys for each of the appliances
to one of the appliances in the group.
- In the user interface,
click .
- Click the add icon (
).
- Enter the Host name and Secret
key for the appliance that you want to add to the collective.
- Monitor the progress of the addition of the appliances
to the collective with the Tasks view. In the user interface, click .
Results
The appliances are grouped into a collective for scalability
and management purposes.