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A connector is the software interface to an endpoint. The Provisioning Server uses the connector to communicate with the endpoint. It translates Provisioning Server actions into changes on the endpoint, such as “Create a new email account on a Microsoft Exchange endpoint.”
Examples of endpoints are UNIX workstation, Windows PC, or an application such as Microsoft Exchange (for email).
A connector server works with multiple endpoints. For example, if you have many UNIX workstation endpoints, you might have one Connector Server that handles all connectors that manage UNIX accounts. Another connector server might handle all connectors that request Windows accounts.
The distributed connector server works with multiple Connector Servers. It provides load balancing when one connector server is busy and high availability when a connector server is down.
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