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The process that is used to deploy an appliance includes the following steps (see Figure A-3): 

1. Purchasing the software appliance. 

2. Downloading the appliance image. 

3. Creating and activating the SSC LPAR. 

4. Deploying the appliance by using the appliance installer. 

5. Configuring and using the appliance through REST API or a web UI. 

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The SSC framework provides following appliance management controls for appliance administrators: 

GLYPH<SM590000> View messages and events 

GLYPH<SM590000> Manage network, users and disks 

GLYPH<SM590000> View appliance status 

GLYPH<SM590000> Export and import data 

GLYPH<SM590000> Apply services and updates 

GLYPH<SM590000> Support for software license 

At the time of this writing, the SSC software framework provides support for the following components: 

GLYPH<SM590000> FCP and ECKD storage 

GLYPH<SM590000> Dynamic Partition Manager 

GLYPH<SM590000> User management within appliance with LDAP 

GLYPH<SM590000> Enhanced network and storage management user interface (UI) 

GLYPH<SM590000> File system with embedded CRC checking 

GLYPH<SM590000> Include KVM, qemu, virsh packages 

GLYPH<SM590000> Embedded OS upgrades 

GLYPH<SM590000> Support smart card machine unique key handling 

