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the built-in Ethernet controller. Be sure to connect the built-in Ethernet connector to the same physical network as your systems management console.

2.The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility must be running to configure newly installed appliances automatically.

3.The system running the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility console automatically maintains a copy of its database (ServerConfiguration.dat) in the Advanced Appliance Configuration Station installation directory. To remove previous configuration data, close the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility, delete this file, and then restart the utility. This deletes all previously configured Families. However, the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility will automatically discover connected appliances and their network settings.

IAACU Agent

Once you connect the NAS 200 to your network, the IAACU agent automatically reports the appliance’s serial number and type, the MAC address of its onboard Ethernet controller, and whether DHCP is in use by the appliance. Furthermore, it will report the hostname, primary IP address, subnet mask, primary DNS server address, and primary gateway address if these are configured on the system.

The IAACU agent is preinstalled on your NAS 200 appliance.

Note: The IAACU agent periodically broadcasts the appliance IP settings. To prevent the service from broadcasting this data periodically, stop the iaaconfig service.

IAACU Console

The IAACU Console is a Java application that you install on one remote workstation in your network for use as a systems-management console. For information on how to install the IAACU Console, see Table 13 on page 79.

Note: The IAACU creates a private database that is specific to the IP subnetwork to which it is attached. Therefore, do not install it on more than one systems-management console residing on the same IP subnetwork.

The IAACU Console enables you to:

v Automatically discover NAS 200 appliances, as well as other IBM appliances, that run the IAACU agent and are attached to the same physical subnet as the IAACU Console.

When you start the IAACU Console, it automatically detects all appliances on your physical subnet that are running the IAACU agent.

v Use a GUI-based application to configure the appliance network settings.

Use the IAACU to assign network parameters such as IP addresses, DNS and gateway server addresses, subnet masks, and hostnames.

v Group discovered appliances into function-specific Families. Appliances are added to a Family based on the appliance type. Appliances that perform the same function appear in the same Family. (Note that all NAS 200 appliances are in the same family.)

v Start UM Services Web-based systems-management console.

Launch UM Services on your appliances and perform advanced systems-management tasks on a selected appliance with a single mouse click.

The IAACU Console is divided into two panes:

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