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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 audio and video
Audio and video features are provided primarily by the IBM® Sametime® Media Manager, which supports point-to-point and multipoint calls. The Sametime Media Manager uses standard audio and video codecs so that it works with products from other audio and video vendors.
Installing Sametime® Media Manager
The IBM® Sametime® Media Manager is an optional component that runs on a WebSphere® Application Server and provides audio and video features for a Sametime deployment. It requires a Sametime Community Server. You must complete a guided activity for every component, which creates a deployment plan for the installation program. You must have a deployment plan for every Media Manager component before you start installing any component.
Configuring a Sametime® Media Manager
This section describes how to configure the components of the Sametime® Media Manager.
Enabling HTTP Connect Tunneling for audio and video calls
If you are enabling HTTP Connect Tunneling for audio and video calls, configure the Sametime® SIP Proxy/Registrar and the Sametime TURN Server to listen on port 443. Install them on separate computers. Also, ensure that no other applications are listening on port 443 to avoid port conflict.

Enabling HTTP Connect Tunneling for audio and video calls

If you are enabling HTTP Connect Tunneling for audio and video calls, configure the Sametime® SIP Proxy/Registrar and the Sametime TURN Server to listen on port 443. Install them on separate computers. Also, ensure that no other applications are listening on port 443 to avoid port conflict.

Before you begin

Enable NAT Traversal before enabling HTTP Connect. The HTTP Connect feature is disabled by default. For instructions on enabling NAT traversal, see this procedure: Enabling NAT traversal.

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Sametime only supports the HTTP forward proxy on non-SSL ports, so outbound connections are only allowed on ports 80 and 443. To enable HTTP Connect Tunneling for audio and video calls, change the default setting to 443 on the SIP port for the following servers:

Sametime SIP Proxy/Registrar (or SIP Edge Proxy Server if deployed)
Sametime TURN Server

For information about setting SIP ports, see Configuring SIP ports on the SIP Edge Proxy server. For information about setting Sametime TURN Server ports, see Setting TURN Server ports.

Only HTTP forward proxy without SSL is supported.

Complete these procedures to enable HTTP Connect Tunneling for audio and video calls: