Creating a WebSphere cell

How to create a WebSphere® cell on the DataPower® Gateway. The WebSphere cell configuration act as an intermediary between the ODCInfo application on the WebSphere deployment manager and the DataPower load balancer group.

Before you begin

The ODCInfo application must be installed, and you have the host and port of the WebSphere deployment manager where this application is installed. To find the port number, complete the following steps.
  1. From the administrative console, click System administration > Deployment manager > ports.
  2. Select the port name.
    • Click the WC_adminhost port name for HTTP.
    • Click the WC_adminhost_secure port name for HTTPS.

To create this configuration, the DataPower Gateway requires the Application Optimization feature.

About this task

Add and configure a WebSphere cell. The WebSphere cell queries the ODCInfo application for current information about the host weights and whether hosts were added or removed from the cluster. After an information update, the WebSphere cell sends the updated information to the load balancer group.

Procedure

  1. In the search field, enter cell.
  2. From the search results, click WebSphere cell.
  3. Click Add.
  4. Define the basic properties - Name, administrative state, and comments.
  5. In the Deployment manager host field, enter the hostname or IP address of the deployment manager with the installation of the ODCInfo application.
  6. In the Deployment manager port field, enter the port of the deployment manager.
  7. From the TLS client profile list, select the TLS client profile to secure connections to targets.
  8. In the Update method field, indicate whether to use a static polling interval or to subscribe to the WebSphere cell information.
  9. In the Time interval field, enter the method-specific time.
    • When poll, enter the interval between poll requests.
    • When subscribe, enter the maximum duration of the request.
  10. Click Apply to save changes to the running configuration.
  11. Click Save to save changes to the persisted configuration.

What to do next

Create or modify a load balancer group to reference the WebSphere cell.