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Technical Guidelines
The information that you gather in Designer allows you to make the technical decisions such as
installation location and configuration options about each component of Identity Manager. For an
introduction to each component, see the Identity Manager 4.0.1 Overview Guide guide. Figure 3-1 is one
possible configuration of an Identity Manager solution.
Figure 3-1 Identity Manager Components
Identity Manager is very customizable. The following sections contain technical best practices
guidelines to help set up and configure the Identity Manager solution that works best for your
environment. Variables that affect how these guidelines apply to your environment include the type
of hardware you have for your servers, how your WAN is configured, and how many objects are
being synchronized.
 Section 3.1, “Management Tools Guidelines,” on page 24
 Section 3.2, “Metadirectory Server Guidelines,” on page 25
 Section 3.3, “eDirectory Guidelines,” on page 26
 Section 3.4, “User Application,” on page 31
 Section 3.5, “Auditing and Reporting Guidelines,” on page 31
Administration
Workstation
Metadirectory
Server with
eDirectory
Administration
Workstation
User Application
Server/Reporting
Server
Event Auditing
Service/Novell
Sentinel Server
Analyzer
Designer
iManager and Role
Mapping Administrator
Web Services
Role Mapping
Administrator
iManager