Configure DataPower appliances to work with a tier 1 sysplex distributor and act as targets of the tier 1 DVIPAs and ports

From the DataPower® control panel, under Objects and then ZOS Configurations, start the Sysplex Distributor Agent services. The port number should match the control port that is configured on the tier 1 VIPADISTRIBUTE statement, as shown in the following example:

Admin State enabled
Local IP Address 0.0.0.0
Port Number 5601
SSL Proxy (none)

As with the sysplex distributor, the default port is 1702.

Requirement: The control port must be the same for all participating DataPower appliances, because a tier 1 distributor must use the same control port on all of its VIPADISTRIBUTE statements.

Sysplex distributor automatically registers the tier 1 DVIPA ports to the DataPower appliance over this connection, and DataPower starts servers listening on those ports.

During initial registration, the DataPower appliance sends the current availability of each DVIPA port listener to the distributor, along with all connections that are currently using each listener. This enables a backup distributor to take over a tier 1 DVIPA and its connections without disruption.

After initial registration, DataPower sends connection state information to the distributor whenever the state of a listener or of a connection using a DVIPA port changes.

DataPower sends its weight to the distributor during each polling interval. A new weight is sent by the DataPower appliance during each interval based on its available CPU service appliances.

Sysplex distributor provides updates to DataPower if an operator makes any changes to the tier 1 DVIPA configuration.

For more information about configuring DataPower appliances as tier 1 targets, see the DataPower documentation.