The Sun Update Connection – Enterprise solution is scalable, equally applicable to standalone servers, clusters, and mainframes. This flexibility is a result of the architecture: a collection of separate applications that interact to provide a synergistic environment for Linux and Solaris optimization.
The Sun Update Connection – Enterprise product includes the following applications:
System Dependency Server (SDS). Acts as your local proxy to the universal server at Sun.
The SDS includes the following:
Server application. Pulls certified updates from the universal server and pushes local packages and scripts to the local knowledge base.
Dependency manager (DM). Manages communications between applications, and performs job queuing and data storage.
Knowledge base. Caches both certified and generated deployment rules, as well as certified and local components.
Local expansion technology. Generates rules for local components.
Agent. Is installed on each managed host. The agent runs the dependency resolver (DR) to find the best job solutions for the individual managed host.
Console. Is the graphical user interface (GUI) from which users initiate tasks for the agents on the managed hosts. You can also use a command-line interface (CLI) or application programming interfaces (APIs) to create your own user interface.