Add DataPower appliances to the DataPower appliance manager

Overview

Use the DataPower appliance manager provided with the product to administer a DataPower appliance. After adding an appliance to the DataPower appliance manager, we can make it part of a managed set of appliances if we want the DataPower appliance manager to keep the shared appliance settings for this appliance synchronized with the shared appliance settings of the other appliances that are part of that managed set.

• Verify the appliance we 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.

• Verify the appliance manager can communicate with the port used for the XML Management interface AMP endpoint on the appliance.

  The appliance manager uses this port to send commands to an appliance.

• Verify the appliance can communicate with the port used for the DataPowerMgr_inbound_secure endpoint on the deployment manager.

  The appliance uses this port to send events to the appliance manager.

• Verify 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.

• Verify 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.

Use the administrative console to add a new DataPower appliance or to access the DataPower WebGUI. To access the DataPower WebGUI, in the administrative console, click...

Servers | DataPower | Appliances | Launch

Complete the following steps to add a add a new DataPower appliance.

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. We use the Web Management Service port to access the WebGUI on the DataPower appliance. Use the same user ID and password to access both the XML management interface and the WebGUI..

Add a add a new DataPower appliance

1. In the administrative console, click...
   Servers | DataPower | Appliances | New

2. Specify a unique name for the appliance in the Name field. An appliance name must be unique and cannot contain an invalid character. The name field cannot contain the characters # $ @ \ /, : ; " * ? < > | = + & % or '.

3. Specify an IP address or fully qualified host name in the Host name field.

4. Specify the XML management interface port that the DataPower appliance uses in the Administrative port field.

5. Specify the ID to use to connect to the DataPower appliance in the User ID field.

6. Password to associate with the user ID in the Password and Verify password fields.

7. Click OK to add the new appliance.

The DataPower appliance manager is managing this appliance.

For security reasons, the DataPower appliance manager does not include Crypto material, such as keys and certificates, in the shareable settings and domain versions that it creates. Therefore, after we add an appliance to the appliance manager, we must manually add any Crypto material to apply for the new appliance.

Subtopics

• Modify DataPower appliance settings
  
• Remove a DataPower appliance
  
• Appliance collection
  
• New appliance settings for the DataPower appliance
  
• Appliance settings
  

Related:

WebSphere DataPower appliance manager overview

Modify a managed set

Set up the DataPower appliance manager using scripting

dpManagerCommands