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Planning and Implementing the Control Manager Deployment
Control Manager 6.0 Advanced supports the following as child Control Manager servers:
• Control Manager 6.0 Advanced
• Control Manager 5.5 Advanced
• Control Manager 5.0 Advanced
Control Manager 5.0/5.5/6.0 Standard servers cannot be child servers.
Determining the Number of Managed Products, Endpoints,
and Cascading Structures
Determine how many managed products, endpoints, and cascading structures you plan
to manage with Control Manager. You will need this information to decide what kind
and how many Control Manager servers you need to deploy, as well as where to put
these servers on your network to optimize communication and management.
Planning for the Optimal Ratios of Server-Managed
Products/Server-Endpoints to Cascading Structures
The most critical factor in determining how many managed products, endpoints, and
cascading structures a single Control Manager server can manage on a local network is
the agent-server communication or parent and child server communication.
Use the recommended system requirements as a guide in determining the CPU and
RAM requirements for your Control Manager network.
Designating Control Manager Servers
Based on the number of managed products, endpoints, and cascading structure
requirements, decide and designate your Control Manager server. Decide whether to
designate an Advanced or Standard server.
Locate your Windows servers, and then select the ones to assign as Control Manager
servers. You also need to determine if you need to install a dedicated server.
When selecting a server that will host Control Manager, consider the following:
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