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Deploying
IBM® Sametime® consists of a variety of servers and clients, and can be deployed to suit many different environments. The deployment instructions are organized by feature set, beginning with the minimum components that are necessary to support instant messaging, and then expanding the deployment to include features such as audio and video support, and conferencing.
Deploying instant messaging
Instant messaging features are provided primarily by the IBM® Sametime® Community Server, which supports presence, text chats, and two-way phone calls.
Deploying Sametime® Community Server to support external users
If your IBM® Sametime® deployment will support users hosted outside of your organization's intranet, you have several options for deploying and configuring the Sametime Community Server to support those users.
Tunneling through the firewall when SSL is enabled
Configure an IBM® Sametime® server to allow clients to tunnel through a firewall when SSL is enabled.
Mapping the IP address and DNS for Community Services
Configure an IBM® Sametime® server to map an IP address to the specific DNS and port used by Sametime Community Services.

Mapping the IP address and DNS for Community Services

Configure an IBM® Sametime® server to map an IP address to the specific DNS and port used by Sametime Community Services.

Before you begin

You must have already assigned the IP address to the Sametime server.

Procedure

Set up your DNS server to map the new IP address to a new DNS name for the Sametime server's Community Services.

To avoid confusion, it is recommended that your new DNS for the Community Services use the old DNS name plus "community-" as a prefix. For example, if your base DNS for the server is sametime1.example.com, use the following name for the new DNS:

community-sametime1.example.com