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Multisystem Support

Multisystem support provides you with a single point of visibility for IP network activity and managed resources on multiple systems. You can link regions together to provide an enterprise view of the managed network.

In a multisystem environment where each region manages the resources defined to its own loaded system image, failure of one region does not affect the visibility of resources on the other systems. You can still have an enterprise view of the resources managed on those systems.

A multisystem environment can consist of the following types of regions:

• Focal point regions—you have visibility of all the managed resources.
• Subordinate regions—you have visibility of the locally managed resources only. By using subordinates, you reduce the amount of traffic in the multisystem environment.

Note: For more information about multisystem support, see the Administration Guide.