Set up the administration system for Central Settings

These steps outline the actions needed to configure an iSeries™ system as an administration system.

1. Right-click the system you want to be an administration system and select Properties.
2. Select the Administration System tab.
3. Select administration system.
4. Complete the fields based on your answers from Plan for the administration system and Central Settings.
5. If you select Customize Administration of Users . . ., complete the following steps:
   1. Select a user or group from the Users and Groups list.
   2. Click Set as default, Add or Remove. You can use the add and remove actions for either the Users administered list or the Users not administered list. Otherwise, you can specify that a user or group be administered by the default setting.
   3. Repeat the same process for any other users or groups that you want to customize.
   4. Click OK to close the Customize Administration of Users dialog.
6. If you want the install image to cause an initial administration system to be set up on the client that installs with it, complete the following steps:
   1. Click Set Installation Image Administration System.
   2. Specify the location of the installation image or click Browse to locate the installation image.
   3. Select the administration system that you want to specify as the initial administration system for all clients that install using the updated installation image.
   4. Click OK.
7. Click OK to close the Properties page. The system is now an administration system.