IBM eServer xSeries 135, Installation Manual

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IBM xSeries 135 Appliance Server: Installation Guide

exists. Appliances that have been configured using a method other than the 
Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility and for which no appropriate family 
exists will appear in the Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances group.

The Tree View pane contains the following items:

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All Appliances 

Every discovered appliance is listed in the tree view under All Appliances.

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Families 

The families group in the Tree View pane shows all families that have been 
defined, with appliance servers that have already been assigned to each family 
nested beneath the family name in the tree view. Since families are defined by 
appliance purpose, all appliances that appear in a given family are of the same 
type. If you select a family from the Tree View pane, a description of the family 
and the rules that are used to define the selected Family are displayed in the 
Information pane. If you select an appliance server from a family in the Tree 
View pane, the selected appliance network settings are displayed in the 
Information pane.

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility automatically assigns one IP 
address within the range that is defined in the family rules per appliance server. 
When a family IP address range has been exhausted, the Advanced Appliance 
Configuration Utility automatically searches for other families that have rules 
matching the appliance server that is being configured. If a matching family 
with an available address is found, the server will automatically be assigned to 
the family that has available IP addresses. This enables you to define multiple 
families, each of which uses a range of noncontiguous IP address ranges.

When an appliance is discovered on the network, the Advanced Appliance 
Configuration Utility automatically searches all previously defined families, 
starting with the first family that is listed in the families tree view and moving 
downward. Appliances are automatically added to the first defined family that 
matches the appliance purpose. Therefore, the order in which families appear is 
important.   To adjust this search order, right-click a family and then click Move 
Up

 or Move Down to adjust its position within the families list. 

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Orphaned Appliances 

Any discovered appliance servers that have been configured using the 
Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility but that do not match the rules for 
any existing family are automatically added to the Orphaned Appliances group. 

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Orphaned Externally Configured Appliances 

Any discovered appliance server that has been configured without the 
Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility tool and does not meet the rules for 
any existing family is automatically added to the Orphaned Externally 
Configured Appliances group. Appliance servers that are configured without 
the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility and meet the rules for any 
existing family are automatically added to the matching family. To add an 
Orphaned Externally configured Appliance to an appropriate family that was 
created after the orphaned appliance was discovered, right-click the orphaned 
appliance and click Adopt by First Matching Family. For more information, see 
“Using the Adopt by First Matching Family function” on page 22.

Note:

The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility will not change 
manually configured network settings of discovered appliance servers. 
If the manually configured IP and Subnet addresses fit an existing 
family, the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility will place that 
appliance server into that family but will not change any other settings 
(such as Host Name or DNS or gateway addresses).