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Establishing cluster communication with the management server

Use the following list to prepare clusters for administration and management through the Cluster Management Console.

• Ensure that all clusters that you want to manage run a supported version of VCS.

  Supported software for the Veritas Cluster Management Console.

• Decide which clusters are to use cluster connector to communicate with the management server, and then install cluster connector on each cluster.

  Cluster connector is a process agent. You must use cluster connector if a firewall exists between the management server and any clusters. You can install cluster connector when you install VCS 5.0.

  For other VCS versions, you must install cluster connector on each cluster node to establish a connection to the management server. Only certain versions of VCS can connect to the management server.

  See Installing cluster connector.

• Decide which clusters are to use a direct connection to communicate with the management server. If these clusters run a supported version of VCS, they require no further preparation.

  Refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Centralized Management Guide for more information on direct connection.

After you prepare the clusters for management server administration, start the Cluster Management Console and use it to configure the management server to connect to clusters using direct connection. Clusters using cluster connector connect to the management server automatically.

Refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Centralized Management Guide for more information on cluster connector.