Bookshelf v7.5.3: The Siebel Environment

The Siebel eBusiness Applications environment consists of the following entities, listed in Table 5.

Table 5. Siebel Application Entities
Entity	Comments
Siebel Clients	Includes Siebel Web client, Dedicated Web Client, Wireless Client, Mobile Web Client, handheld client, and Siebel Tools Client. For descriptions of client types, see Siebel Web Client Administration Guide.
Siebel Enterprise Server	Includes the logical grouping of Siebel Servers for a multiple server deployment (for a single Siebel Server and single Web server deployment, the Siebel Enterprise Server contains a single Siebel Server and the Siebel Gateway). The Siebel Enterprise Server, collectively with the Siebel Gateway, provides both batch mode and interactive services to and on behalf of Siebel clients.
Siebel Gateway	Includes the connection broker and name server for a single server deployment. (The name server is a separate entity for multiple server deployments.)
Siebel Database Server	Includes the RDBMS client software and Siebel tables, indexes, and seed data.
Siebel File System	Stores the data and physical files used by Siebel clients and Siebel Enterprise Server.

The Siebel Enterprise Server environment represents the middle tier within the three-tiered Siebel eBusiness Applications environment. Figure 1 and Figure 2 contain a logical diagram of all the entities that make up the Siebel eBusiness Applications, Release 7 environment.

This chapter discusses only the Siebel Enterprise Server architecture and entities. For a discussion of the Siebel Web clients, see Siebel Web Client Administration Guide.