Appliances can be added to a Central Management System network for management in two ways: initiated by the server or initiated by the client.
Server-initiated connection
A Central Management System administrator can add an appliance directly from the Central Management System appliance. For details, see the following section:
Client-initiated connection
An appliance administrator can send a management request to the Central Management System appliance, and a Central Management System administrator can accept or reject the request. For details, see the following section:
Client-initiated connections use CMC rendezvous functionality to set up the client record in the Central Management System appliance.
The rendezvous process requires configuration on both the Central Management System appliance and the requesting appliance. You use the cmc rendezvous server commands on the Central Management System appliance and cmc rendezvous client commands on the managed appliance.
Connection removal
For details about removing a managed appliance, whether the connection was initiated by the server or the client, see the following section: