Server Context

The server layer and agent layers together are referred to as a Sun Management Center server context. When you start the console, you log in to a particular server context. The managed objects whose agents send information to that server belong to the same server context.

A managed object can belong to the same server context or to a remote server context. A managed object in a remote server context sends information to a different server. A managed object in the same server context sends information to the server host that is connected to your console.

By default, the Sun Management Center software manages an object in the same server context but only monitors an object in a remote server context. For more precise definitions of “manage” and “monitor,” see Glossary. For more information about server contexts and security, see Sun Management Center Remote Server Access.

Figure 1–3 Console Logs Into a Server Context