IBM Proventia Network Enterprise User Manual - page 26
Chapter 1: Introduction to Enterprise Scanner
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IBM Internet Security Systems
The SiteProtector System Components
Introduction
The SiteProtector system is a centralized management system that provides command,
control, and monitoring capabilities over all of your IBM Internet Security Systems (IBM
ISS) products, including the Enterprise Scanner appliance. The SiteProtector system
documentation provides thorough descriptions of all of its components. This topic
provides brief descriptions of the components that affect Enterprise Scanner users the
most.
The SiteProtector
system components
The following major components make up the SiteProtector system:
Component
Description
Agent manager
The Agent Manager provides the ability to configure, update, and
manage the appliance in the SiteProtector system. It also
manages the alternate update server, called the SiteProtector X-
Press Update Server.
As the appliance generates security data, the Agent manager
facilitates the data processing required for you to view the data in
the SiteProtector Console.
The appliance sends a heartbeat signal through the management
Interface to its Agent Manager on a routine basis to indicate that it
is active and to receive policies and updates from the Agent
Manager. The time between heartbeats is user-defined option.
Application Server
The Application Server provides remote access functionality for
the SiteProtector Console.
SiteProtector Database
The SiteProtector Database stores the following information:
•
security data generated by your IBM ISS products
•
statistics for security events
•
the update status of all products
•
the SiteProtector system user accounts and permissions
Update Server
A server on your internal network that contains the X-Press
Updates (XPUs) for only your licensed IBM ISS products.
Table 9: The SiteProtector system components