Node settings
Use this page to view or change the configuration or topology settings for either a managed node instance or an unmanaged node instance.
A managed node is a node with an Application Server and a node agent that belongs to a cell. An unmanaged node is a node defined in the cell topology that does not have a node agent running to manage the process. Unmanaged nodes are typically used to manage Web servers.
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System administration | Nodes | node
Configuration tab
- Name
Logical name for the node. The name must be unique within the cell.
A node name usually is identical to the host name for the computer. However, you choose the node name. You can make the node name some name other than the host name.
Data type String
Both IPv4 and Internet Protocol V6 (IPv6) are now supported by WAS, but there are restrictions that apply to using both IPv4 and IPv6 in the same cell. Note that when you add a node to a cell, the format in which you specify the name is based on the version of IP the node will be using.
- Host name
- Host name of the unmanaged node that is added to the configuration.
Date type String Default None
- Discovery Protocol
Protocol that the node follows to retrieve information from a network. The Discovery protocol setting is only valid for managed nodes.
Select from one of these protocol options:
- UDP
- User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
- TCP
- TCP
Data type String Default TCP Range Valid values are UDP or, TCP.
UDP is faster than TCP, but TCP is more reliable than UDP because UDP does not guarantee delivery of datagrams to the destination. Between these two protocols, the default of TCP is recommended.
- File permissions
- Most lenient file permissions for the application files that WAS extracts into the application destination location. A deployer can override the permissions by configuring the permissions at the application level. However, if the file permissions specified at the application level are more lenient than the ones specified at the node, the ones specified at the node are used. The File permissions setting is only valid for managed nodes.
Data type String Default 755 , or rwx-rx-rx, for files that end in .dll, .so, .a and .sl if no value is set
- Platform type
- Operating system on which the unmanaged node runs.
Valid options are:
- Windows
- AIX
- HP-UX
- Solaris
- Linux
- OS/400
- z/OS
Related concepts
Node
Related tasks
Manage nodes
Related Reference
Custom property collection
Reference topic