A. An Administration Server can be under Node Manager control: You can start it, monitor it, and restart it using Node Manager.

B. An Administration Server can be a Node Manager client: When you start or stop Managed Servers from the Administration Console, you are accessing Node Manager using the Administration Server.

C. An Administration Server supports the process of starting up a Managed Server with Node Manager:
When you start a Managed Server with Node Manager, the Managed Server contacts the Administration Server to obtain outstanding configuration updates.

D. By default, the Administration Server starts a Node Manager with the startNMscript in the domain's binfolder.

E. By default, the Administration Server starts a Node Manager with the startNodeManagerscript in the domain's configfolder.

F. Node Manager requires an Administration Server to be running before it can start any Managed Servers.

G. A Node Manager can be a client of an Administration Server - When Node Manager needs to monitor Managed Servers, it uses the Administration Server's runtime MBeans.