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 can create 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
Creating a collective requires that all the host names and
secret keys for all the appliances are added to the configuration
of one appliance. The appliances can communicate all configuration
information. This information includes
data grids, monitoring information,
users and groups, and collective memberships.
All of your appliances must be at the same firmware level before
you add them to a collective. For more information about running firmware
upgrades, see Updating the firmware.
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 .
- The appliances in the collective are listed. The current
appliance that you are logged in to is marked with the console icon
(
). Note the Host name and Secret key for the
current appliance. Table 1. Appliance statesIcon |
Definition |
 |
Indicates the appliance that you are logged
in to, 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 key from each appliance 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.
Note: The appliance added to the
collective now shares the same users, groups, TLS security and secret
key as the current appliance in the collective. For example, if the
current appliance is Appliance 1 and you added Appliance 2 to the
collective, then the users and groups from Appliance 2 are lost. Appliance
2 inherits the users and groups of Appliance 1.
- 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.
What to do next
To remove a member from the collective, select the collective
member and click
Delete (

).