Specifications

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ePolicy Orchestrator product architecture
The ePolicy Orchestrator software architecture offers extensive functionality that can be configured
many different ways. It uses a classic client-to-server model where the client calls the McAfee ePO
server asking for instructions.
Contents
Architecture overview
Hardware configuration
Hard disk configuration
SAN usage
Determining the server hardware needed
Architecture overview
The architecture of the ePolicy Orchestrator software and its components provides all of the
functionality needed to manage and protect your environment.
The ePolicy Orchestrator server provides these major functions:
• Manages and deploys product policies
• Enforces those policies on all your endpoints
• Distributes all the McAfee software including new products, upgrades, patches, and new content
• Reports on the enterprise network using many predefined reports or customized reports you create
The following figure shows the major ePolicy Orchestrator components.
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