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All appliances
Every discovered appliance server is listed under all appliances, and also in one
of the following:
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Groups, Listed in Search Order
This view shows all groups that are defined, with appliance servers that are
assigned to each group nested beneath the group name in the Tree view. The
purpose of the appliance is defined by a group so that all appliance servers
appearing in a group are of the same type.
The IBM Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility automatically assigns one IP
address per appliance server, using available addresses assigned within the
group type. When a group IP address range is exhausted, the Advanced
Appliance Configuration Utility no longer manages the network settings of
subsequently discovered appliance servers. In this case, because the xSeries
130 appliance servers come with DHCP enabled by default, the network settings
are configured by DHCP.
When an appliance is discovered on the network, the Advanced Appliance
Configuration Utility searches defined groups. Appliances are then automatically
added to the first group that matches the purpose of the appliance server. The
order in which groups appear is important in the appliance discovery process,
because an appliance is assigned to the first matching group that it discovers. To
adjust the search order, right-click on a group and use up or down to adjust its
position within the group list.
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Unassigned Appliances List
Any discovered appliance servers that do not match any existing group join the
Unassigned Appliances list.
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Conflicting IP Addresses
If the IP Address of the discovered appliance has the same address of an already
discovered appliance and there is no group defined to automatically assign a
different address, the appliance server is placed in the conflicting address list.
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