HP Servicecontrol Manager 3.0 User's Guide

HP Servicecontrol Manager Introduction

The Management Domain

Chapter 1

The Management Domain

The management domain is a collection of resources that are placed under the control of

the SCM. The dark-shaded area in Figure 1-1 represents a management domain. The

individual resources are called managed nodes. One node in each management domain is

the central management server (CMS). For more information about the CMS, see

“Central Management Server” on page 11.

Figure 1-1 Management Domain

Nodes

Resources that make up a management domain are called managed nodes. A node can be

any device on the network that can communicate with SCM, which includes servers,

printers, workstations, hubs, and routers. In most cases, these devices will have an IP

address or a MAC address associated with them.

Each node can have a variety of management protocols or management applications

installed. SCM tools use these protocols or applications to perform tasks, monitor

software, and monitor hardware on the managed nodes.

Node Groups

Node groups are a powerful way to divide and organize your management domain into

manageable units. Often the nodes that belong to a node group have something in

common such as operating system, backup schedule, system function, or hardware type.

Working with node groups increases your efficiency because you can perform a task on

each node in a node group by performing a single task.

Node Group B

Managed Cluster

Management

LAN

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Node Group A

Printer

HubHub

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SwitchRouter

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