The following brief glossary provides basic definitions of Server Inventory terms:
Inventoried server: A server whose hardware and software data 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. The Inventory server collects the inventory data from a group of inventoried servers and loads it into the Inventory database. If you want to collect the inventory for the Inventory server, you must install the Inventory Agent on the Inventory server.
Inventory database: An Inventory database is repository of inventory data for all the inventoried servers.
Database server: A server where your Inventory database is running. The database can run on an Inventory server or on a different server.
Management console: A Windows workstation or server running Novell ConsoleOne with ZfS 3 Server Inventory ConsoleOne snap-ins installed. The management console provides the interface where you manage and administer your network.