adapter

FlexNet Manager Suite uses adapters to link up with other sources of information that are helpful in establishing (and then optimizing) your license position. Adapter types are named for the two different sorts of information they collect:
  • Inventory adapters bring in information from systems that collect software and hardware inventory details from your computing estate
  • Business adapters collect related information to help measure and manage your estate, such as: purchases of licenses and maintenance, or of hardware assets; and details of your enterprise structure for administrative purposes.