Select the client's connection destination (higher system). Select JP1/Software Distribution Manager, JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system), or JP1/Software Distribution SubManager (JP1 Version 7i or earlier for Windows; JP1 Version 8 or earlier for Unix). Also specify the address of the connection destination using the same ID key for operations (host name or IP address) that is used by the higher system.

• Supported product types and corresponding product names
  The following table shows the supported product types and the corresponding product names:
  

  Product type	Corresponding product name
  JP1/Software Distribution Manager	JP1/Software Distribution Manager for Windows Software Distribution Manager for Windows JP1/Software Distribution Manager for UNIX Software Distribution Manager for UNIX JP1/Software Distribution Workstation Assistant for UNIX Software Distribution for UNIX Software Distribution Workstation Assistant for UNIX
  JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) or JP1/Software Distribution SubManager	JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) for Windows JP1/Software Distribution SubManager for Windows Software Distribution SubManager for Windows JP1/Software Distribution Client (relay system) for UNIX JP1/Software Distribution SubManager for UNIX JP1/Software Distribution Workstation for UNIX Software Distribution Workstation for UNIX

Note

• If the connection destination is undefined or the client is used as an offline machine to manage inventory, specify ?. If you specify ?, the client can use only the Local System Viewer and system monitoring facility. To use other facilities, the client must connect to a higher system.
• When you create a PC environment for copying the hard disk in order to use the pre-installation facility to install JP1/Software Distribution Client (client), specify *. When * is specified, the client is initialized upon completion of setup and stops running.
• Note that you can distribute a file to clients for determining the connection destinations. This file sets the appropriate connection destinations automatically on the basis of the IP address of each client machine. This function is useful because if the IP address is changed when the client machine is moved, for example, the connection destination is updated automatically. For details, see 6.5.4 Automatic Updating of the Client Connection Destination in the Description and Planning Guide.
• We recommend that clients in virtualized environments specify Software Distribution Manager as the connection destination.

When you select the Automatically specify the higher system that requested a job execution as the connection destination check box, the connection destination of the client is switched automatically to the higher system that requested job execution if the request for job execution was received from a system other than the higher system that was specified as the connection destination.

By selecting this option, you can automatically change the connection destinations of the client on the basis of the job execution requests from higher systems, without having to change the settings in the client setup or create an information file for higher connection destinations.

Note that you cannot use the following functions when you select this check box:

• Poll multiple higher systems
• Specify multiple network adapters

If * or ? is specified, the connection destination will not be set automatically even if this check box is selected.

Specifies whether multiple higher systems are to be polled (multi-polling) when there are multiple job execution routes from the managing server. The default is that this check box is not selected. When this check box is selected, the Higher Systems button is enabled. Click this button to open the Specify Higher Systems dialog box. In this dialog box, specify settings such as the names and priority levels of the higher systems. Note that you must use the ID key for operations (host names or IP addresses) to specify the higher system names. You must also specify the polling method on the Default Running Status/Polling page of the Client Setup dialog box.

If you select this check box and specify the priority order of network adapters in Specify multiple network adapters on the Communication page, polling might fail and a delay may occur between a retry and the retry timeout.

For details about the multi-polling function, see 6.5.3 Multi-polling environment for clients in the Description and Planning Guide.

When this check box is selected, the local system is registered automatically with the JP1/Software Distribution network managed by the managing server. When you uninstall JP1/Software Distribution Client (client), you can remove the local system from the JP1/Software Distribution network. Registration is performed when setup is completed.

The default is that this check box is selected. Be sure to select this check box if you use a firewall. When the check box is cleared, you must define this client when you define the system configuration for the managing server.

Select this check box also when you use the client facility with JP1/Software Distribution version 06-00 or later, or the facility for detecting hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution has not been installed.

If either of the following occurs, the system configuration is not automatically registered (except for the offline machine).

• The host name, IP address, or host ID of the local system cannot be obtained.
• The IP address of the local system is a loopback address (127.0.0.1).

Also report this computer's inventory to the server

When the Automatically register this computer in the system configuration check box is selected, this check box is enabled. Select this check box if you wish to notify the higher system of inventory information as well as of system configuration information. The default is that this check box is selected.

The higher system is notified of the following inventory information:

• System information (system information and registry information)
• Software information listed in Add/Remove Programs
• Patch information

The higher system is notified of inventory information at the following times:

• When a new client is installed
• When the connection destination is changed by the client setup
• When the higher system's operation mode is changed from one in which host IDs are used to one in which host IDs are not used

Select this check box also when you use the facility for detecting hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution has not been installed.