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I/O Server components

The server components of a project are the configured representation of the server computers in your system. They include:

Cluster

Logical groups of servers running across several physical machines

See Implementing Clustering

Network addresses

The IP addresses or machine names of the primary and standby servers

See Network Address Definitions

Alarms servers

Servers that monitor alarms and display them on the appropriate client(s)

Reports servers

Servers that control the processing of reports

Trends Servers

Servers that control the accumulation and logging of trend information

I/O Servers

Dedicated communications servers that exchange data between I/O Devices and clients