Configuring and monitoring Connect:Direct for UNIX with Control Center

After you deploy Connect:Direct® for UNIX by any of the previous methods, use Control Center to quickly complete more configuration and to monitor the new Connect:Direct nodes. Control Center provides full functionality for configuring, monitoring, and analyzing your Connect:Direct servers.

About this task

Complete the following procedure to configure and monitor Connect:Direct nodes with Control Center.

Procedure

  1. Configure secure connections from Control Center to the new Connect:Direct nodes with unique keycerts for each node. For more information, see the IBM Sterling Control Center System Administration Guide.
  2. Perform post-deployment configuration on these nodes.
    • Add new Connect:Direct nodes to the netmaps of the existing nodes.
    • Add Connect:Direct nodes to the netmaps of new nodes.
    • Update the functional authorities on each node.
    • Update the user proxies on each node.
    For more information, see the IBM Sterling Control Center Configuration Management Guide.