Adding nodes to a Central Management appliance

You can use the Central Management Web UI or the CLI to add nodes to a Central Management appliance.

Prerequisites

Operator or Admin access

Adding a node to the Central Management appliance using the Web UI

Use the Add New Node dialog box to add IVX appliances that will function as nodes.

Field	Description
Node Name	The name of the IVX appliance that will be a node in the IVX cluster. (The name will be displayed in the show cmc appliances command output.)
IP Address	The IPv4 or IPv6 address of the management interface on the appliance.
Username	A user account on the appliance with the admin role.
Password	The password for the user account specified in the Username field.
Host Key	(Required if host-key authentication is enabled) The RSA v2 host key for the VX Series appliance. For details, see the Trellix System Security Guide.
Comments	(Optional) A comment that describes the node.

To add a node:

Log in to the Central Management Web UI.
Select Appliances > Nodes.
Click Add Node. The Add New Node dialog box opens.
Enter values for the fields described in the preceding table.
Click Add.

Adding a node to the Central Management appliance using the CLI

Use the commands in this section to add Virtual Execution appliances that will function as nodes.

To add a node:

Go to CLI configuration mode:

cm-hostname > enable
cm-hostname # configure terminal

Add the first Virtual Execution appliance:
```
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <appl ID> address <IP address>
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <appl lD> auth password username
<username>
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance <appl ID> auth password password
<password>
```
where:
appl ID is the name of the IVX appliance that will be a node in the IVX cluster. (The name is displayed in the show cmc appliances command output.)
IP address is the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the management interface on the appliance.
username is the username of a user account on the appliance with the admin role.
password is the password of the user specified by username.
Repeat the previous step for each additional IVX appliance.

Check the connection status:

cm-hostname (config) # show cmc appliances

Example

The following example adds the vx-1 and vx-2 appliances to the Central Management appliance.

cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance vx-1 address 172.16.1.1
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance vx-1 auth password username admin
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance vx-1 auth password password admin123
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance vx-1 address 172.16.2.2
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance vx-2 auth password username admin
cm-hostname (config) # cmc appliance vx-2 auth password password admin123
cm-hostname (config) # show cmc appliances

Appliance vx-1:
    Address            : 172.16.1.1
    Enabled            : yes
    Connected          : yes (server-initiated)
    Status check OK    : no
    Version compatible: yes

Appliance vx-2:
    Address           : 172.16.2.2
    Enabled           : yes
    Connected         : yes (server-initiated)
    Status check OK   : no
    Version compatible: yes