Choosing an installation method for a Sametime Gateway Server

Install an IBM® Sametime® Gateway Server. This section provides procedures for installing a single server and installing a cluster of servers. When installing a cluster, you install a deployment manager server, SIP and XMPP proxy servers, a primary server, and at least one additional server on its own computer. You can install the primary server and deployment manager on the same computer, or each on its own computer. For better performance, install the SIP and XMPP proxy servers on their own computer; however, they can share a computer with other components of the cluster if necessary.

Before you begin

Before installing Sametime Gateway, verify that the fully qualified domain name of the external endpoint is externally resolvable by the domain name server, and is not set in the "hosts" file. When you install a single Gateway server, the external endpoint is the computer hosting the Gateway server. When you install a cluster, the external endpoint is the computer hosting the SIP and XMPP proxy servers.

About this task

Unlike other Sametime components, the Sametime Gateway does not install with a deployment plan created on the Sametime System Console. Instead, you enter required information as you proceed through the installation program. Once the installation is complete, you will register the Gateway with the Sametime System Console; from then on, you will administer the Gateway server from the System Console, just like all the other Sametime components.