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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Flow of connection establishment
Products based on Tivoli Management Services typically establish connections in a traditional client-server flow: connect requests flow from a client in the public network to a server in the trusted network. If the network configuration allows this connection flow, permissions at the firewall are the next consideration in determining how interoperability is achieved.
If the configuration requires that the physical connect requests flow from the secure, trusted server network to the public, untrusted client network, then option 4, a firewall gatewall, is required for interoperability. See Implementation with firewall gateway.
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Determine which option to use