Specifications

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Otherwise, systems included in a rack group behave exactly like systems
included in a system group. You can use the Netfinity Rack Configurator to
define a configuration for a rack, then save it to be imported into Netfinity
Manager. The Rack Configurator software is contained in the ServerGuide on
the Application Guide CD-ROM 3A or the latest version on the World Wide
Web at
http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/products/netfinity/download.html
in the
Configurator Tools section.
3. A
cluster group is special type of system group intended for managing multiple
servers which work together. By entering the cluster name, the servers in that
cluster will appear in this group.
This feature is available in Netfinity Manager 5.1 or higher.
Adding Members to Groups
There are three ways to add members to a group:
1. One-off auto-discovery
2. Auto-discovery at a regular interval
3. Manual entry
Netfinity Manager has the ability to discover LAN-attached client workstations
automatically. For example, if a new machine with Client Services or Netfinity
Manager appears on the LAN, the next time a broadcast is made from the group
within Netfinity Manager, the new LAN-attached machine will respond and a new
icon will appear in that group.
The time between auto-discovers is defined when the group is created and can
be edited along with keywords and the group name. By default, it is disabled, but
the discovery interval can be set from 1 to 164 hours.
If you do not want Netfinity Manager to auto-discover at regular intervals, you can
either select a one-off auto-discover or add a machine manually.
TCP/IP Auto-Discover
If you are using the TCP/IP protocol driver, Remote System Manager will discover
remote Netfinity Manager systems using TCP/IP only on your local TCP/IP
subnet. If you also want to access Netfinity Manager systems in other TCP/IP
subnets, you can either add them manually or you can create a text file named
TCPADDR.DSC in your Netfinity Manager directory (C:\NETFIN by default).
Auto-Discover Keywords
Netfinity Manager uses keywords to determine if a remote Netfinity Manager
system should be included in a group. When you first installed Netfinity Manager
or Client Services, you specified a group of user-defined keywords (you can
change these keywords later by running the Network Driver Configuration
program). These user-defined keywords might include physical location
information or departmental information.
When you define a group, you specify what keywords should be present in each
machine for it to be included in the group. You can specify either user-defined
keywords, or, with Netfinity Manager Version 5.0 or later, system-defined
keywords. Some examples for predefined keywords are used operating system,
used network protocol or available Netfinity Manager services.