Feature and Technical OverviewBlackBerry Enterprise Server architecture
Component | Description |
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BlackBerry Administration Service | The BlackBerry Administration Service permits you to manage the BlackBerry |
| MDS Connection Service, configure the central push server, and configure the |
| browsing and application features. |
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BlackBerry Configuration Database | The BlackBerry Configuration Database contains the configuration data that the |
| BlackBerry MDS Connection Service uses. |
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BlackBerry Enterprise Server | The BlackBerry Enterprise Server encrypts and compresses content data that |
| BlackBerry devices receive, and decompresses and decrypts content data that |
| BlackBerry devices send. |
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BlackBerry MDS Connection Service | The BlackBerry MDS Connection Service processes requests for web content |
| from the BlackBerry Browser or a BlackBerry Java Application, and it manages |
| the connections between a BlackBerry Application and the application that is |
| located on your organization’s application servers, web servers, or databases. |
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BlackBerry Router | The BlackBerry Router connects to the wireless network to send content to and |
| from BlackBerry devices. |
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organization's application servers or | Your organization's application servers or content server provide push |
content servers | applications and intranet content for the BlackBerry MDS Services. |
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proxy servers | Proxy servers authenticate the BlackBerry Browser or a BlackBerry Java |
| Application before they can access push applications or content data. |
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Architecture: Remote BlackBerry Router
You can install the BlackBerry Router on a computer that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. You can install the BlackBerry Router on a remote computer if you want to support multiple BlackBerry Enterprise Server instances, create a remote BlackBerry Router pool, or if your organization's security policy requires that internal systems cannot make connections directly to the Internet and all systems must connect through another system in the DMZ.
The BlackBerry Router does not use many system resources, but it is a critical connection point for the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution. You can install multiple BlackBerry Router instances for high availability if the primary BlackBerry Router becomes unavailable.
If you install the BlackBerry Router in the DMZ, you can permit users to log in to your organization's LAN remotely and you can deploy BlackBerry devices through a computer that is running the BlackBerry Device Manager.
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