Cell configuration tasks

All cell configuration tasks are optional.

The following table describes the cell configuration tasks.

Cell configuration tasks

Task

Description

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1

Create additional cells.
When you install a cell on a system, one cell is installed. You can create additional cells by running the mcrtcell command.

2

If you created multiple cells for an environment, you can create separate configuration files for each cell.

3

If you created multiple cells for an environment, configure the cells so that they can communicate with other cells in the network.

4

Events can be processed locally or selectively propagated to other cells. To configure the event slots that must be propagated when they are changed configure the propagation configuration file.

5

If inbound connections to the cell are disallowed in a protected environment, the connection has to be established within the protected zone to allow a connection between an external client and a cell in the protected zone.

6

To change the communication protocol between a cell and a device, modify the gateway.export configuration file.

7

To add a time stamp to a slot so that the date and time is recorded when the slot is changed, configure the mcell.modify file.

8

If desired, you can encrypt communication among the various components.

9

Set the default client parameters running CLI commands.

 

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