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IBM® BigFix® Remote Control
Installation Guide
By using IBM® BigFix® Remote Control you can remotely support and control thousands of PCs and servers, on an enterprise scale, from a central location or directly, in peer to peer mode.
Overview of the IBM® BigFix® Remote Control system
IBM® BigFix® Remote Control operating requirements
Installation with support for firewall and NAT traversal
In some environments, it is not possible to open a port in a firewall to enable controller to target, or target to server communication for all endpoints. It is more appropriate to enable traffic from, or traffic to a single computer that acts as a gateway to traverse the firewall.

Installation with support for firewall and NAT traversal

In some environments, it is not possible to open a port in a firewall to enable controller to target, or target to server communication for all endpoints. It is more appropriate to enable traffic from, or traffic to a single computer that acts as a gateway to traverse the firewall.

The gateway component can be strategically installed in your network to enable traffic between targets and controllers, or targets and servers that are in different networks. This component can also be used as a proxy server to forward the target’s status update to the remote control server.

Figure shows the component and network setup for an environment in which a firewall inhibits communication between the controller and target, and target and server.