Inventoried server: A server whose hardware and software information you want to scan and maintain in a central repository. To gather complete hardware and software inventory for a server, you must install the Inventory Agent on that server.

Inventory server: A server where you run the Inventory service. This server can run any other ZENworks 7 Server Management services also. The Inventory server collects the inventory information from a group of associated inventoried servers and stores it into the Inventory database. If you want to collect the inventory for the Inventory server, you must install the Inventory Agent on that Inventory server.

Inventory database: A repository of inventory information of all the inventoried servers.

Database server: A server running Sybase*, Oracle*, or MS SQL where your Inventory database is mounted. The database can run on an Inventory server or on a different server.

Management console: A Windows workstation or server running Novell ConsoleOne® with Server Inventory ConsoleOne snap-ins installed. The management console provides the interface to administer the inventory system.

eDirectory Tree: The Novell eDirectory™ tree consists of eDirectory objects such as multiple levels of organizational units, users, groups, and other network resources. This hierarchical structure is referred to as the eDirectory tree in this document. For more information, see the Novell eDirectory documentation Web site.

Inventory tree: A logical tree depicting the transmission of the inventory information from the inventoried servers and the Inventory servers to the centralized enterprise Inventory database.

Standalone Server: An Inventory server that has an Inventory database and inventoried servers attached to it.

Leaf Server: The lowest-level Inventory server in the inventory tree hierarchy. This server has one or more inventoried servers attached to it and can have an Inventory database attached to it. This Inventory server collects the inventory information from the inventoried servers attached to it and moves the information to the next-level Inventory server.

Intermediate Server: The Inventory server for moving the inventory information from the lower-level Inventory servers up the Inventory server hierarchy. This server can have either inventoried servers or an Inventory database, or both attached to it.

Root Server: The highest-level Inventory server in the inventory tree hierarchy. This server has the Inventory database that contains the inventory information of all the lower-level Inventory servers. At the Root Server level, you can view complete inventory information for the entire enterprise. This server can have inventoried servers attached to it.

Site: A site is typically a geographical location. There can be multiple sites your enterprise.

Software Dictionary or Dictionary: The software dictionary contains a list of software identifiers and rules. Each software identifier identifies a particular product installed on an inventoried server.

Software Identifiers: An entry that identifies a software product is called as a software identifier. Each software identifier has a set of file matching attributes and corresponding software information attributes. During the Inventory scan, the scanner reads the attributes from the file headers, and if these attributes match the attributes configured in the dictionary, the information in the corresponding software information attributes is stored in the Inventory database.

Software Dictionary Rule: A software dictionary rule represents a set of conditions that control the scope of scanning process.

Unidentified Software: The software dictionary might not identify all the software installed in your network. The software that is not listed in the dictionary is called Unidentified software.