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Unmanaged nodes
An unmanaged node does not have a node agent to manage its servers.
Unmanaged nodes in the ND topology can have server definitions such as web servers , but not application server definitions. Unmanaged nodes can never be federated. That is, a node agent can never be added to an unmanaged node. Another type of unmanaged node is a stand-alone server. The dmgr cannot manage this stand-alone server because it is not known to the cell. A stand-alone server can be federated. When it is federated, a node agent is automatically created. The node becomes a managed node in the cell.
Related concepts:
Managed nodes
Related tasks:
Administer the IT infrastructure