Adding farms

This task can apply to any environment when you need to add a server farm. A load balancer is required. For a test or development portal, you can skip this task.

  1. In the Farm Manager, select Farm Configuration > Farms.
  2. Click New.
  3. Specify a name for the farm, select the Control Service IPF version to use for this farm, and click OK. On first use, you will have only one IPF version available.
  4. Click Edit.
  5. Specify this information:
    Description
    Specify a description for the farm.
    Load Balancer Name
    Specify the load balancer to use for this farm.
    Default IPF Instance
    Optionally, you can specify a default IPF instance, which will be used by all portals added to the farm. On first use, you will have only one IPF instance available.

    If you use this setting, then when you change the IPF instance here, all portals that use it are updated. You can override this setting for a particular portal by forcing a different IPF instance on the Portals tab.

  6. Click Save.