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Nuance Management Center Server Installation and Configuration Guide
About on-premise deployment options
You can select from the following on-premise deployment options for your Nuance Management Center
installation:
l Single-node—You install Nuance Management Center on a single NMC server.
l Multi-node—You install Nuance Management Center on multiple NMC servers. The servers are
load-balanced by a network traffic switch.
The installation checklists and the Nuance Management Center installation instructions address both single-
node and multi-node deployments.
Comparison: Single-node and multi-node deployments
The following table describes the differences between single-node and multi-node deployments.
Single-node Multi-node
l Does not require a common file share. l
Requires a common file share
for all nodes to access.
For more information, see the
"Shared drive and user
account/password (multi-node
deployments)" row in “Server
installation prerequisites” on
page 13.
l You install Nuance Management Center on a single
node.
l You install Nuance
Management Center on each
node in your deployment.
l
During the installation, you select the following:
l On the Setup Type screen, select On a server
with an SSL certificate installed directly on
that server to indicate your SSL certificate will
be installed on a server.
l
On the Common File Store Settings screen,
select Single node deployment.
l
During the installation, you
select the following:
l On the Setup Type
screen, select
Behind a
networking device
with an SSL
certificate installed
to indicate your SSL
certificate will be
installed on the load
balancer.
l
On the Common File
Store Settings
screen, select
Shared drive for
multi-nodes
deployment and
provide the common
file store, user
account, and
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