SummitAI Platform Components

About SummitAI Platform Components

The following figure illustrates the various components of SummitAI platform:

Figure: SUMMIT Platform components

SummitAI services are offered using the following infrastructure components:

A brief overview of the functionalities of SummitAI web application server are as listed below:

It hosts the SummitAI web application on an IIS platform.
Needs direct connectivity to the SUMMIT database to update the configuration settings in the database.
As database connectivity is a dedicated connection requiring higher network throughout, this component needs to be deployed in the data center.
It has a stateless architecture which allows it to be served from different application servers using an enterprise grade load balancer.
Being the main server, it can host additional components like the data collector as well.

A brief overview of the functionalities of SummitAI Data Collector are as listed below:

It aggregates data collected from various devices, agents, and services.
The data is collated and updated to the database.
It needs direct connectivity to the database. Hence, it has to be made part of the data center infrastructure as it needs consistent network connectivity.
Interacts with the application hosted on IIS server.
Provides a mechanism to rationalize on database connections such that database updates are controlled from a selected set of servers.

A brief overview of the functionalities of SummitAI proxy server are as listed below:

When SummitAI application is hosted in Cloud environment, a proxy server discovers, monitors and collects asset data from all the enterprise assets. Such data is collated at the proxy and sent to the data collector server for subsequent update to the SummitAI database.
It is deployed in the branch office environment that provides connectivity and feasibility to the available devices in the branch office.
Usage of one or more proxy servers are mandatory for following activities:

Discovery of devices.
Service Automation.
Active Directory based Authentication for SummitAI – when the SummitAI server is hosted on the cloud.
Active Directory Synchronization Service – when the SummitAI server is hosted on the cloud.
Collection of data from all the devices in a remote location and transferring to the remote data collector, on a periodic schedule.

A brief overview of the functionalities of SummitAI Agent are as listed below:

SummitAI Agents (Asset agents and Server Agents) are deployed on the endpoint devices to aid various information collection and other activities.
Asset Agents are typically used for Asset Management functions and Server Agents are typically installed on the devices for monitoring functions.
Agents are configured against a Data Collector, where they post all the collected information. However, in a branch office like setup, such data may be sent to a proxy server, which can communicate and upload the data on a periodic basis.