Endpoints, Connectors, and the Connector Server

This guide describes how to use the following connector servers:

The following products can use these connector servers to connect to endpoints:

In this guide, we refer to these products as clients of CA IAM Connector Server.

For information about each connector, download the Endpoint Guide for that connector from the Connector Download page.

This guide is for administrators of CA IAM Connector Server and CCS, who are responsible for the following tasks:

An endpoint is a specific installation of a platform or application which has identity and role data on it.

An endpoint can include the following systems:

An operating system (such as Windows)
A security product that protects an operating system (such as CA Top Secret and CA ACF2)
An authentication server that creates, supplies, and manages user credentials (such as CA Arcot)
A business application (such as SAP, Oracle Applications, and PeopleSoft)
A cloud application (such as SalesForce and Google Apps)

For the full list of endpoints that you can connect to with CA IAM Connector Server, see the Platform Support Matrix.