Ingres Net must be installed to allow a Analytics Engine client to access databases on another instance.

Any installation configuration in which the client and server processes do not reside in the same instance or on the same machine must use Ingres Net. With Ingres Net on each Analytics Engine instance in your network, you can access databases on your local node and on remote nodes.

Ingres Net is included in the Client component when installing Analytics Engine. If the Client component is installed, then Ingres Net is automatically started when you start your Analytics Engine instance.

The following components are automatically installed with Ingres Net: