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The NerveCenter Server

The NerveCenter Server is responsible for carrying out all of the major tasks that NerveCenter performs. For example, it handles the polling of SNMP agents, creates NerveCenter objects such as the finite alarms mentioned earlier, and makes sure that state transitions occur at the appropriate times. The server also performs all actions associated with state transitions.

The server can run as a daemon on UNIX systems and as a service on Windows NT systems. This capability to run in the background has important implications with regard to using NerveCenter at remote sites. You can install the server and database at a remote office and have that server manage the local network, yet control the server (via the NerveCenter Client) from a central location. Servers located at remote sites can forward noteworthy information to a server at the central location as required.