By default, the Installer sets up the adapter's connector agent to run locally, on the same machine on which InterChange Server Express is installed. If you wish to run the connector agent on a different machine, you must do additional configuration, as described in this chapter.
Although it is possible to install and run IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapters on the same computer where InterChange Server is installed and running, it is sometimes necessary to distribute connector agents. This means installing the connector agent on a different computer than the computer on which InterChange Server Express is installed.
Reasons for distributing connectors agents include the following: