(1) In Internet communications, a workstation, server, or router that contains a network management agent. In the Internet Protocol (IP), the managed node usually contains a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent.
(2) In a Tivoli environment, a computer system on which Tivoli Management Framework is installed.
(3) A node that is federated to a deployment manager and contains a node agent and can contain managed servers. See also node.