This application is a collection of servers linked by standardized interfaces. Each server can be used multiple times in a network for load balancing or organizational issues. Network Elements are containers that group and create relationships among servers in the network. These relationships allow the software and hardware to properly work together. Understanding the relationships among the servers allows you to configure the system. The primary network element relationship is the network element to server. Servers are assigned to network elements. A network element can contain multiple servers but a single server is part of only one network element. The attributes of a server include the network element to which it belongs.
Configuration of Network Elements must follow a specific chronology.