Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Overview and System Design Guide

1.5.3 Support for various system configurations

JP1/IM - Manager supports the following broad range of system configurations, providing flexible integrated management tailored to system requirements.

• Cross-platform support
  JP1/IM - Manager provides agents for a variety of platforms, including Windows, UNIX, and mainframe operating systems. Using these agents, JP1/IM - Manager can seamlessly manage various types of heterogeneous systems.
  
• Support for a variety of network configurations
  
  • Firewall support
    JP1/IM supports communication through a port-filtering firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) in static mode. You can deploy JP1/IM in a network configuration that has a firewall installed between a viewer and manager host, or between a manager and agent host.
    
  • Support for multiple LAN connections
    JP1/IM supports network configurations with JP1/IM hosts connected to multiple LANs. You can set up the JP1/IM host to communicate over a specific LAN.
    
• Support for cluster systems
  JP1/IM - Manager supports operation in a cluster system.
  In the event of an error, JP1/IM - Manager will fail over and continue working, performing integrated monitoring of the system that runs your business operations.
  
• Mixed languages and time zones
  JP1/IM supports system configurations that encompass more than one language or time zone, which is unavoidable when managing a global system in its entirety. However, several restrictions apply. Consider the system configuration and operation, referring to 12.1.6 Operation in a multi-language environment.
  

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