Cell Definition

Cell

The Cell represents the boundary of administrative scope. It is a logical collection of nodes. The Cell holds certain config settings that apply to all nodes within the cell.

Attributes Summary

name The name used to identify the cell.

cellDiscoveryProtocol The protocol used by the deployment manager and node agents to discover the existance of each other.

discoveryAddressEndpointName The name of the endpoint that contains the host and port used by the deployment manager to receive discovery requests from the node agents.

multicastDiscoveryAddressEndpointName Not supported in WebSphere 5.

cellType Marks whether the cell is a distributed Network Deployment cell or a standalone Base Application Server cell.

foreignCells A list of named bootstrap endpoints for other cells.

properties A collection of custom properties that apply across the cell.

Attribute Details

name
The name used to identify the cell. This name is set during WebSphere product installation.

Data type: String
Default value: unspecified

cellDiscoveryProtocol
The protocol used by the deployment manager and node agents to discover the existance of each other. (The data type for this attribute is TCPIPProtocolType (UDP, TCP, MULTICAST)).
data type:
Default value: unspecified

discoveryAddressEndpointName
The name of the endpoint that contains the host and port used by the deployment manager to receive discovery requests from the node agents.

Data type: String
Default value: unspecified

multicastDiscoveryAddressEndpointName
Not supported in WebSphere 5.0.

Data type: String
Default value: unspecified

cellType
Marks whether the cell is a distributed Network Deployment cell or a standalone Base Application Server cell.

Data type: CellType
Default value: unspecified
Allowed Values: STANDALONE DISTRIBUTED

foreignCells
A list of named bootstrap endpoints for other cells.

Data type: ForeignCell

properties
A collection of custom properties that apply across the cell.

Data type: Property

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Attributes Summary
name	The name used to identify the cell.
cellDiscoveryProtocol	The protocol used by the deployment manager and node agents to discover the existance of each other.
discoveryAddressEndpointName	The name of the endpoint that contains the host and port used by the deployment manager to receive discovery requests from the node agents.
multicastDiscoveryAddressEndpointName	Not supported in WebSphere 5.
cellType	Marks whether the cell is a distributed Network Deployment cell or a standalone Base Application Server cell.
foreignCells	A list of named bootstrap endpoints for other cells.
properties	A collection of custom properties that apply across the cell.