IBM RS/6000 - Manual (Page 187)

The nimesis daemon has been started on the Master. This daemon is used for
TCP/IP socket communication between the Master and Client machines in the NIM
environment.
To display information about the objects that are so far defined, enter:
lsnim
For more detailed information about one specific object, enter:
lsnim -l object_name
9.2.4 Network Objects Definition
Figure 46 on page 164 shows the network topology we used in our lab. As NIM
Master, we used a RS/6000 Model F30 and as NIM Client, a 40P. The Master and
the Client (
Standalone1) are in different physical networks and use gateways to
communicate.
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