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The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent is preinstalled on your Model
G00 appliance.
Note: The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent periodically broadcasts
the appliance IP settings. To prevent the service from broadcasting this data
periodically, stop the iaaconfig service.
Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility Console
The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility Console is a Java application that you
install on one system in your network for use as a systems management console.
For information on how to install the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility
Console, see “Using the Supplementary CD” on page 42.
Note: The Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility 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 Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility Console enables you to:
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Automatically discover Model G00 appliances, as well as other IBM appliances,
that run the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent and are attached to
the same physical subnet as the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility
Console.
When you start the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility Console it
automatically detects all appliance on your physical subnet that are running the
Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility agent.
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Use a GUI-based application to configure the appliance network settings.
Use the Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility to assign network parameters
such as IP addresses, DNS and gateway server addresses, subnet masks, and
hostnames.
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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.
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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 Advanced Appliance Configuration Utility Console is divided into two panes:
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The Tree View Pane
The Tree View Pane, located on the left side of the Advanced Appliance
Configuration Utility Console window, presents a list of all discovered Model G00
appliances and includes any Families you have previously defined. The Tree
View Pane also includes groups for appliances that do not fit any of the defined
Families, that were not configured using the Advanced Appliance Configuration
Utility, or that have IP addresses that conflict with other devices on your network.
When you click on any item in the Tree View, information about that item (and
any items that are nested below that item in the tree view) appears in the
Information Pane.
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The Information Pane
The Information Pane, located at the right side of the Advanced Appliance
Configuration Utility Console, displays information about the item that is currently
selected in the Tree View Pane. The information that appears in the Information
Pane varies depending on the item that is selected. For example, if you select
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