Add endpoint systems to your Management Central network

An endpoint system is any system or logical partition in your TCP/IP network that you choose to manage through your central system.

When you add a connection to a system from iSeries™ Navigator (by clicking File > Connection to Servers > Add connection while your current environment is selected in the left pane), the system is added to the list under your current active environment (typically named My Connections). Alternatively, when you add a new endpoint system, the system name is added to the list of Endpoint Systems under Management Central.

When you perform an action on a system under My Connections, a direct connection from the client (your PC) to the system is required, and actions are performed on one system at a time. In contrast, Management Central allows systems management tasks to be performed on multiple systems (in the Endpoint Systems list) and only one client connection (to the central system) is required.

Start of change The central system handles the connections to the endpoint systems. The Management Central property setting for the Lookup Frequency controls how the IP address for an endpoint system is determined. If it is set to NEVER then the IP address that is stored in the endpoint object is used. If it is set to ALWAYS, then the TCP/IP, on the server provides the IP address for the system name that is specified. End of change

Note: If you are adding endpoint systems that are running OS/400^® V5R1, you must have the following fixes (also known as PTFs) installed on the V5R1 system: SI01375, SI01376, SI01377, SI01378, and SI01838. Without these fixes, you will not be able to use all the systems management functions on the endpoint system.

To add one or more endpoint systems, do the following:

Right-click Endpoint Systems and select New Endpoint System.
Enter the name of the system and click OK.

The endpoint systems that you added appear automatically under Endpoint Systems in your iSeries Navigator window. After you have added an endpoint system, you can view its properties. You can also change the description or the IP address as needed.

Next, you can create system groups to help you manage different sets of endpoint systems. The new system groups will appear under Management Central in iSeries Navigator.

For more information about these and other Management Central tasks and topics, refer to the detailed task help that is available from the iSeries Navigator window. Click Help from the menu bar and select iSeries Navigator overview > Management Central.