Components & services model + Physical model

[Guillaume]

Hi,

I defined a components model that stores a number of components
Each component has a number of ports and exposed interfaces
Each interface has a number of operations defined

I need to create a physical model to show a number of servers that will contain some components. Two separate servers can realize the same component : the need is to show all the interfaces that are already defined and maintained in the components model
I tried to use the deployment diagram but the same component cannot be copied twice. If I create a UML part, I cannot show all interfaces on the diagram (only the ports can be show via the embedded elements)
Has anyone got any advice on how to model this? Should I use a component diagram to represent the servers?

thanks!

[pmason]

Would you not use instances instead of the actual component defnition? You can have many instances of a given component on a diagram.

[Guillaume]

Hi

That's what I eventually figured out

thx