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Nodes

When you install the Informatica services, you add the installation machine to the domain as a node. You can add multiple nodes to a domain.
The following table describes the node information that you need to enter when you join a domain.
Node Information
Description
Node host name
Fully qualified host name of the machine on which to create nodes. If the machine has a single network name, use the default host name. The node host name cannot contain the underscore (_) character.
If the machine has multiple network names, you can modify the default host name to use an alternate network name. If the machine has a single network name, use the default host name.
Note: Do not use localhost. The host name must explicitly identify the machine.
Node name
Name of the nodes that you plan to create on this machine. The node name is not the host name for the machine.
Consider the following naming convention: Node<node##>_<ORG>_<optional distinguisher>_<ENV>