Administrator Guide

Dell Data Protection | Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise for VDI with VMware | 02/2017
2.3 Dell Enterprise Server or VE Architecture
This is the actual back-end Dell Server installation. There are two types of server architectures for VMware
environments: VE (virtual edition) which is an appliance solution or EE (enterprise edition) which is a
Windows Server based solution. Both DDP servers are made up of the following components.
 Compliance Reporter
Provides an extensive view of the environment for auditing and compliance reporting.
 Core Server
Used for policy and license management as well as providing updates and registration.
 Key Server (Dell Enterprise Server only)
Service that negotiates, authenticates, and encrypts client connection using Kerberos API’s. Requires
SQL database to access the key data.
 Security Server
Communicates with Policy Proxy. Provides the mechanism for controlling commands and communication
with Active Directory, which is used as an authentication source. Provides authentication, including
identity validation for authentication into the Remote Management Console.
 Compatibility Server
A service for managing the enterprise architecture. Collects and stores initial inventory data during
activation and policy data during migrations. Processes data based on user groups in this service.
 Device Server
Supports activations and password recovery.
 Message Broker
Handles communication between the services of the Dell Server. Stages policy information created by the
Compatibility Server for policy proxy queuing.
 Policy Proxy
Provides a network based communication path to deliver DDP policy updates and inventory updates.
 Server Configuration Tool (Dell Enterprise Server only)
Configures database communication with the Core Server and Compatibility Server/ Security Server.
Used to initialize the database upon installation or to migrate the database to a newer schema. Used to
control Dell Services.