You can use site hierarchies to build site hierarchies that fit
your organizational and management requirements. In this model, the
hierarchy can be nearly flat, or it can be quite deep.
For example, if you have worldwide operations, you could have a
worldwide central site and primary sites for each country. Beneath
the country sites, you could have primary sites for each city and
secondary sites for each building. Such an organization would allow
for centralized control, but also provide fast response times for
clients who are downloading programs from CAPs, which
would be local.
The site hierarchy model provides many benefits. For example,
you can:
Easily view and manage many resources
The computer inventory appears as a hierarchical tree, which
makes it easier for you to find the resources you want to
manage.
Set up sites according to your administrative needs
You can group and manage computers with similar uses or
configurations efficiently. You can manage sites centrally, or
distribute the management among administrators at primary
sites.
Create hierarchies to meet the needs of organizations of all
sizes
Some organizations require only a single SMS site. But in
organizations that are growing rapidly, dividing the organization
into a number of related sites simplifies management.
Map SMS to your existing physical network
For example, if your network structure dictates that computers
in Los Angeles be managed independently of computers in New York,
you can create a site hierarchy to support that structure.
Deploy SMS gradually
You can install primary sites individually and verify that each
site works satisfactorily before connecting the sites in a
hierarchy.
