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Manage and monitor multiple WebSphere DataPower appliances with IBM WebSphere DataPower Appliance Management Centre V4.0

IBM WebSphere Appliance Management Centre provides fast time to value with firmware deployment, domain and configuration services, and deployment policy management capabilitie

Centrally manage appliance firmware and configurations across groups of WebSphere DataPower appliances and monitor key metrics and events from groups of WebSphere DataPower appliances

Web-based user interface
Support for multiple generations of WebSphere DataPower appliances
Firmware management
Domain and configuration management including support for deployment policies across multiple environments
Automatic synchronisation across multiple appliances
Version control for deployment artifacts
Appliance monitoring
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, and AIX

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Features and benefits

IBM WebSphere Appliance Management Centre V4.0 provides capabilities for centrally managing and monitoring groups of WebSphere DataPower appliances. WebSphere Appliance Management Centre is intended for deployments with two or more WebSphere DataPower appliances and which may also span multiple deployment environments (for example, development, test, production). WebSphere Appliance Management Centre serves as the control point for lifecycle management of firmware and configurations across one or more groups of appliances. Also included with the IBM WebSphere Appliance Management Centre is IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance which can be used to monitor key metrics from multiple appliances in a central location.

Support for managed groups of different appliance models and firmware levels for greater flexibility
Supports new managed domain tasks, and configuration and firmware deployments providing more fine-grained control of the environment
Management of deployment policies for WebSphere DataPower appliances, both individually or in managed sets, providing full lifecycle management across deployment environments
Easy to use multiplatform installer
Support for multiple generations of WebSphere DataPower appliance platforms and firmware versions
Enhanced monitoring capability with default settings for critical WebSphere DataPower appliance key performance indicators
Easy-to-use and navigate user interface, including support for different user roles
Integration into the IBM Service Management solution

System requirements

Hardware requirements:

Platform for one of the supported operating systems.
Disk space - ensure the computer for installing WebSphere Appliance Management Centre meets the following disk space requirements:
- 2 GB free disk space on installation drive
- 1 GB temporary free disk space for installation files
- Additional disk space for log file growth
Memory - Minimum: 2 GB

Software requirements:

Supported operating systems - one of the following is required:
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard for IA32 or IA64
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise for IA32 or IA64
- Microsoft Windows 2008 Server R2
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard for IA32 or IA64
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise for IA32 or IA64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, 5.0, or 6.0 for System z
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, 5.0, or 6.0 for IA32 or IA64
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 or 11 for System z
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 or 11 for IA32 or IA64
- AIX 5.3, 6.1, or 7.1

Please refer to the Supported operating systems and Hardware Requirements topics in the WebSphere Applicance Management Centre Information Centre.