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Deploying instant messaging, audio, and video

To provide all client features to users, plan to deploy Sametime® Community Servers and Sametime Media Manager components.
Community articleDeploying instant messaging, audio, and video
Added by IBM contributorMichael Altman | Edited by IBM contributorJoshua Edwards on September 10, 2012 | Version 6
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To provide all client features to users, plan to deploy Sametime® Community Servers and Sametime Media Manager components.

 

Components used
The following components must be deployed in a Sametime environment that combines instant messaging and presence enabled and  audio and video features:
  • Sametime System Console - used for managing and administering servers from a central location
  • DB2®
  • LDAP directory
  • Sametime Community Server
  • Sametime Connect client, Sametime client embedded in Notes®, or Sametime browser client
  • Sametime Media Manager - provides audio and video features in the Sametime client and in meetings
The following components can optionally be deployed:
 
  • Sip Edge Proxy server - used to negotiate SIP traffic to Sametime Sip Proxy/Registrar deployed behind NAT / Firewall
  • Sametime Bandwidth Manager - enables you to assign maximum levels of bandwidth usage to users based on policy settings
  • Sametime TURN Server - enable clients to exchange audio and video data when direct peer-to-peer communications are not possible
  • Sametime Proxy Server - provides an integrated web chat client and presence; required for Sametime browser clients
 
Audio-visual components provided with the Sametime Media Manager
The Sametime Media Manager comprises three components, which are installed on separate systems in a production environment.
  • Packet Switcher
Based on voice-activated switching, the Packet Switcher functions as an MCU (Multipoint Conferencing Unit) by routing audio and video data between participant endpoints. There can be one or more Packet Switchers in a deployment; the Conference Manager will distribute conferences over the available Packet Switchers. A Packet Switcher can only be registered with one Conference Manager (or cluster of Conference Managers). A Packet Switcher should not be a member of a WebSphere Application Server cluster; instead, each Packet Switcher is deployed as a non-clustered (primary) node.
  • Conference Manager

Manages multipoint conferences by maintaining a dialog with each participant, and ensuring that all media flows between those participants. You can install multiple Conference Manager components and cluster them for high availability and failover.

  • SIP Proxy/Registrar

Directs conference participants to Conference Manager servers and provides high availability and failover functionality. You can install multiple SIP Proxy/Registrar components and cluster them for high availability and failover.

Parent topic: Planning deployments with the Sametime Standard features you want
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7Sep 10, 2012, 9:52:45 AMMichael Altman  IBM contributor
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5Sep 10, 2012, 9:25:28 AMMichael Altman  IBM contributor
4Sep 10, 2012, 9:23:37 AMJoshua Edwards  IBM contributor
3Sep 10, 2012, 9:23:15 AMJoshua Edwards  IBM contributor
2Sep 10, 2012, 8:39:29 AMMichael Altman  IBM contributor
1Sep 10, 2012, 8:27:27 AMMichael Altman  IBM contributorAdded article as a deployment for AV only
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