Connector Overview

For more information on the EMC architecture and CEE, refer to the EMC CEE using the Common Event Enabler for Windows, see docu48055_using-the-common-event-enabler-on-windows-platforms.pdf

CEE

CEE is a software package that allows File Access Manager to receive event notifications from Unity. It consists of two agents: Common Antivirus Agent (CAVA) and Common Event Publishing Agent (CEPA).

All NAS servers send notifications on events to the CEPA agent and CEPA sends the events to File Access Manager.

CEPA and NAS servers

• For CEPA to work, you need to have a SMB server configured on the NAS Server.
• A CEPA service can communicate with multiple NAS servers, and a NAS server can communicate with multiple CEPA services.
• CEPA servers work in pools, Dell Recommends a minimum of two CEPA servers per pool.
• Each NAS server needs to enable publishing events and configure at least one CEPA pool.

CEE & Activity Monitor

Every Activity Monitor can communicate with one or more CEE servers.

Every CEE service can be configured to work with a multiple Activity Monitor services.

Activity Monitor

File Access Manager Connector for EMC uses EMC CEPA over the Common Event Enabler Framework (or CEE, formerly known as CAVA) infrastructure for getting audit events from the Unity for CIFS access.

The Activity Monitor supports different architectures and can work with either a single or multiple, remote, or local CEE services.

Permissions Collection

File Access Manager connects using EMC administrative shares and analyzes folder permissions.

Local groups and users are collected from the CIFS server during the Permission Collection process.

Supported Versions

EMC Dell EMC Unity OE version 4.1