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Installation and Deployment
To improve the performance of the server, iMC uses the Install and
Deploy model. The installation consists of two processes: copying
files and starting deployment agent. The components of iMC are
operational only after they are deployed.
You can deploy iMC in two ways:
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Centralized deployment: All iMC components are deployed to the
master server.
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Distributed deployment: Some iMC components are deployed to
other servers (slave servers).
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The master server is the management center of iMC. It interacts
with slave servers to implement network management.
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A slave server is responsible for specific management tasks, for
example, tasks performed by Performance Manager and by
Intelligent Configuration Center (iCC).
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A slave server can only exchange data with the master server.
To deploy the components on a slave server, you need to start
the local deployment monitoring agent by accessing the master
server through IE.
When the distributed deployment is used, you can simply access the
master server for performing all management functions.