Glossary

BMI server

Automates the installation and recycling of Linux and Solaris OS distributions and system profiles.

Distribution

The operating system and hardware architecture of one or more managed hosts.

Image server

A system installed with Linux and Solaris operating systems and configured for network installation.

Knowledge base

Subsystem of the Sun Update Connection – Enterprise system dependency server, acts as a proxy server for the universal server, keeping dependency rules for certified object (CO) deployment on managed hosts.

A local knowledge base is a private, on-site only, collection of non-certified object (NCO) listings and their deployment rules as generated by the local expansion technology.

Local expansion technology

Application that generates knowledge for local components unknown to the universal server.

Local host

System that is installed with the BMI software, and which is dedicated to Sun Update Connection – Enterprise system dependency server (SDS) and the BMI server.

Policy

Set of confirmation rules for the implementation of the dependency resolver and level of automation of dependency handling.

Profile

Defines installation requirements for a specific type of system.

Security Check

Identifies available security updates to install.

System Check

Identifies missing dependencies.

System dependency server (SDS)

The complete management system for Sun Update Connection – Enterprise. Your local proxy to the Universal Server.

Its subsystems include:

• Server application - Pulls certified updates from the Universal Server and push local packages and scripts to the local knowledge base.

• Dependency manager (DM) - Manages communications between applications, job queuing, and data storage.

• Knowledge base - Caches deployment rules (both certified and generated) and components (both certified and local).

• Local expansion technology - Generates rules for local components.