Servers, Workstations, Mobile Devices, and Network Nodes (EAM)

A software server is a commercial software environment, which contains a set of applications. A software server can be deployed on a hardware server.

A hardware server is a device that serves data or other support for devices on the network. It usually has higher specifications than client devices, such as workstations or mobile devices.

A workstation is a client machine to which an application or a server can be deployed.

A mobile device is designed to be easy to carry and used remotely to access the network.

Network nodes can represent other type of objects connected to the network (routers, switches, firewalls, modems, printers, faxes, etc).

These objects can be created in the following diagrams:

Technology infrastructure diagram (see Technology Infrastructure Diagram Basics)

Example

In this example, the field workstation and smartphone connect via the web to the server, which is also connected to a network node of type printer:

Creating a Software or Hardware Server, Workstation, Mobile Device, or Network Node
You can create these objects in any of the following ways:
Software and Hardware Server, Workstation, Mobile Device, and Network Node Properties
To open a software or hardware server, workstation, mobile device, or network node property sheet and view or edit its properties, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry.

Parent topic: Building Technology Layer Diagrams