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Endpoint Central's Summary Server can manage endpoints with higher degree of visibility and scalability. This web based application helps IT admins to manage endpoints across globe with a user-centric dashboard. Summary Server is coupled with Probe Servers to achieve these factors. Here is a detailed guide on how Summary Server aids in scalable endpoint management for enterprise.
This section explains the following
Endpoint Central Summary Server:
The Summary Server is a real-time data driven dashboard made available for the executives of an enterprise. All the Probe Servers will report to Summary Server reguarly to post the endpoint management reports. This server can be accessed through a web console, which will require authentication. A separate set of users can be created to access this server. Summary Server will communicate only with the Probe Server. It is advisable to have your server turned on without fail to achieve maximum efficiency in monitoring and managing the endpoints.
Endpoint Central Probe Server:
Probe servers are standalone Endpoint Central Servers that manage devices in the business network. IT technicians can create and deploy the policies from this server. In this architecture, multiple Probe Servers can be installed in the enterprise network and maintain a degree of autonomy while managing the endpoints. Every Probe Server will have a set of technicians and admins to manage endpoints under that Probe Server. A Probe Server will communicate with Summary Server and Endpoint Central Agents. The Probe Server contacts Summary Server to post the data on a regular basis and contacts Endpoint Central agents to execute the deployments triggered. Probe Servers can be installed with Secure Gateway Server to manage roaming users securely.
Web Console:
The Web console component is used to access the Server from a remote location using the internet or VPN. A dedicated web console is available for Summary Server as well as Probe Server(s).
Endpoint Central Agent:
Endpoint Central agent is a lightweight software installed on the devices which are to be managed by the Endpoint Central. The agent is used to execute tasks like:
Software distribution and filtering
Applying patches (manual/automatic)
IT Asset Management, and generating reports and more.
For instance, if the admin wants to show a popup message to a specific user/computer, then these settings are configured in the Probe server and the details are replicated to the agent, thereby executing the task successfully.
The agent will contact the respective Probe Server following the agent refresh policy to execute the deployed tasks.
Agent Server communication takes place during:
For User-specific Configuration:
The agent contacts the Server during
For Computer-Specific Configuration:
The Agent contacts the server during
Active Directory:
Endpoint Central is a domain based approach. Therefore, it can be synced with an Active directory/Workgroup to fetch the resource information.
Patch database is a repository hosted on ManageEngine website. This database will transfer the patch information for the devices managed under the Endpoint Central scope. Endpoint Central server communicates with the patch database through the internet or VPN.
Securing Agent Server Communication
The communication across this architecture will take place in https mode only.
System Requirements:
Find the below list of system requirements for this architecture:
Ports Used by Summary Server
The Summary Server will communicate with the Probe Server through port 8383 by default.
| Port | Purpose | Type | Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8383 | For accessing Web console | HTTPS | In bound to server |
| 8443 | For Sharing Remote Desktops, System Manager, Chat and File Transfer. | HTTPS/UDP | In bound to server |
Ports Used by Probe Server
The Probe Server will communicate with the Summary Server through port 8383 by default. To know more about the ports used by Probe Server, please visit this page
Hardware requirements:
This section lists the hardware specifications for Summary Server, Probe Server and Distribution Servers:
| Server | Parameter | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoint Central Server | Processor information | Physical Machine: Intel Xeon (16 core/32 thread) 3.0 GHz Virtual Machine: 32 virtual processors (3.0 Ghz) |
| RAM size | 32 GB | |
| Hard disk space | 500 GB* | |
| Network requirement | Network card speed | Minimum 1 GBPS Network Interface Card (NIC) |
| SQL Server | Processor information | Physical Machine: Intel Xeon (16 core/32 thread) 3.0 GHz 30 MB cache Virtual Machine: 32 virtual processors (3.0 GHz 30 MB cache) |
| RAM size | 64 GB | |
| Hard disk space | 1 TB* | |
| Edition | Standard/Enterprise |
* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning
** May increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer
| Server | Parameter | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoint Central Server | Processor information | Physical Machine: Intel Xeon (16 core/32 thread) 3.0 GHz Virtual Machine: 32 virtual processors (3.0 Ghz) |
| RAM size | 32 GB | |
| Hard disk space | 500 GB* | |
| Endpoint Central Agents | Processor | Intel Pentium |
| Processor Speed | 1.0 GHz | |
| RAM size | 512 MB | |
| Hard disk space | 30 GB** | |
| Network requirement | Network card speed | Minimum 1 GBPS Network Interface Card (NIC) |
| SQL Server | Processor information | Physical Machine: Intel Xeon (20 core/40 thread) 3.6 GHz 50 MB cache Virtual Machine:40 virtual processors 3.6 GHz 50 MB cache |
| RAM size | 64 GB | |
| Hard disk space | 1 TB* | |
| Edition | Standard/Enterprise |
* May increase dynamically according to the frequency of scanning
** May Increase dynamically depending on the operations performed on the client computer
Note:In the installed physical/virtual machine, kindly ensure that the mentioned hardware requirements is available exclusively for the Endpoint Central server instance.
The hardware requirements for distribution servers include the following:
| No. of Computers Managed Using the Distribution Server | Processor Information | RAM Size | Hard Disk Space |
| 1 to 500 | Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.0 Ghz 3 MB cache) | 4 GB | 6 GB* |
| 501 to 1000 | Physical Machine: Intel Core i3 (2 core/4 thread) 2.9 Ghz 3 MB cache Virtual Machine: 4 virtual processors (2.9 Ghz 3 MB cache) | 4 GB | 12 GB* |
| 1001 to 3000 | Physical Machine: Intel Core i5 (4 core/8 thread) 2.3 GHz Virtual Machine: 8 virtual processors (2.3 Ghz) | 8 GB | 16 GB* |
| 3001 to 5000 | Physical Machine: Intel Core i5 (6 core/12 thread) 3.2 GHz Virtual Machine: 12 virtual processors (3.2 Ghz) | 8 GB | 20 GB* |
* May increase depending on the number of software applications and patches that are deployed
Note : It is highly recommended to install Distribution Server for every 1000 computers.
This section gives you information about the software requirements for Endpoint Central Server, Agent and Distribution Server.
* - recommended for managing 5000 or more endpoints.
You are required to install any of the following browsers on your computer to access the Endpoint Central console:
Note: The screen resolution should be 1280 x 1024 pixels or higher.
Endpoint Central supports the following databases:
Note: Endpoint Central supports the aforementioned SQL Server versions in AWS as well.
Endpoint Central uses the following web servers: