Apex Central server

The appliance with Apex Central installed

This server hosts the web-based Apex Central management console.

Security Agent

An application installed with Deep Discovery Inspector that allows Apex Central to manage the product

The agent receives commands from the Apex Central server and applies them to Deep Discovery Inspector. It also collects logs from Deep Discovery Inspector and sends them to Apex Central.

Entity

A representation of a managed product (such as Deep Discovery Inspector) on the Apex Central console’s directory tree

The directory tree includes all managed entities.