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 +====== Centralized Management ======
  
 +[[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:start|Go to Terms and Definitions]]
 +
 +===== Discussion =====
 +
 +Centralized Management concentrates management authority, management decisions, and management coordination within one logically unified management capability.
 +
 +The managed subjects can reside across multiple:
 +
 +  * [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:f:financial_node|Nodes]]
 +  * Geographic locations
 +  * Network zones
 +  * [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:deployment_target|Deployment Targets]]
 +  * [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:s:security_domain|Security Domains]]
 +  * [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:infrastructure_environment|Infrastructure Environments]]
 +  * [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:distributed_environment|Distributed Environments]]
 +
 +Centralized Management provides a common point of management authority without requiring every managed subject to reside within one physical location or one computer.
 +
 +The centralized management capability performs or coordinates management functions such as:
 +
 +  * Identifying managed subjects
 +  * Receiving management requests
 +  * Authorizing management operations
 +  * Directing management operations
 +  * Monitoring operation status
 +  * Collecting management results
 +  * Recording management activity
 +  * Presenting management information
 +
 +Centralized Management differs from a [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:centralized_system|Centralized System]]:
 +
 +  * Centralized Management describes the concentration of management authority and coordination
 +  * A Centralized System describes the concentration of primary system control, processing, authoritative state, or services
 +
 +A [[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:distributed_system|Distributed System]] or Distributed Environment can operate under Centralized Management without becoming a Centralized System.
 +
 +Centralized Management does not require one physical user interface. Multiple [[private:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:m:management_interface|Management Interfaces]] can access the same logically unified management authority.
 +
 +===== Definition =====
 +
 +//management in which authority, decisions, and coordination are concentrated within one logically unified management capability//
 +
 +===== Source =====
 +
 +  * DIDO Reference Architecture, Network Topology Taxonomy
 +  * Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.
 +
 +===== Note =====
 +
 +Centralized Management identifies the organization of management authority rather than the physical location of management components.
 +
 +The components that implement Centralized Management can use redundancy, replication, failover, or distribution while presenting one logically unified management authority.
 +
 +The governing architecture determines:
 +
 +  * Managed subjects
 +  * Management functions
 +  * Management authority
 +  * Authorized actors
 +  * Management interfaces
 +  * Communication mechanisms
 +  * Required records
 +  * Failure-handling behavior
 +
 +The term does not prescribe a web application, command-line interface, database, message broker, cloud service, network protocol, or deployment platform.
 +
 +===== Example =====
 +
 +[[public:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:crucible|Crucible]] provides Centralized Management of Infrastructure Environments deployed across multiple locations.
 +
 +Administrators use a command-line interface and a web management application to access the same management authority. Crucible identifies the target environment, directs the requested operation, collects the result, and records the management activity.
 +
 +----
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 +© 2026 Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.
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