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A single system configuration in a distributed environment includes all processes
in one system (Figure 3-15).
Application
Server
Node Agent
Deployment Manager
Application
Server
Node
Application
Server
Node Agent
Application
Server
Node
System A
Cell
Figure 3-15 Cell configuration option in Network Deployment: Single server system
Multiple systems configurations
As an alternative to a single system configuration, the Network Deployment
package allows you to create multiple systems configurations. The deployment
manager can be installed on one system (System A) and each node on a
different system (System B and System C), as shown in Figure 3-16 on page 76.
The servers do not have to be the same platform. For example, System A can be
an AIX system while System B is Microsoft Windows and System C is a z/OS
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