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If large distributed systems contain more than 30 computers and it is certain that a computer is used as the client only, we recommend specifying it on the settings panel of the corresponding Computer object. This allows you to optimize the software operation.

There is no need to use this setting in the smaller distributed systems.

If you use the computer as the server/remote administrator’s workstation, but it is set to be used as the client only, the distributed system doesn't operate correctly.

To assign a role to the computer in the distributed system, do the following:

Go to the Hardware tab of the System settings window.
Select the Computer object corresponding to the client.
Set the Use as client checkbox.
Click the Apply button.

The role of the computer in the distributed system is displayed in the object tree in the following way:

The current server that operates locally is highlighted in green.
Clients are highlighted in blue.
Other remote servers in the system are highlighted in black.

Assigning a role to the computer in the distributed system is complete.