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Installation with SiteMinder Policy Server

A SiteMinder Policy Server provides advanced authentication and protection for your Identity Manager environment. The following figure is an example of a CA Identity Manager installation with a SiteMinder Policy Server:

An Identity Manager implementation that includes SiteMinder includes all of the components in the basic installation or the installation with provisioning, plus these additional components:

SiteMinder Web Agent

Works with the SiteMinder Policy Server to protect the User Console. The Web Agent is installed on the system with the Identity Manager Server.

SiteMinder Policy Server

Provides advanced authentication and authorization for CA Identity Manager, and other functionality such as Password Services and Single-Sign On.

Extensions for SiteMinder Policy Server

Enables a SiteMinder Policy Server to support CA Identity Manager. Install the extensions on each SiteMinder Policy Server system in your CA Identity Manager implementation.

SiteMinder Policy Store

Stores information that SiteMinder needs to manage access to Web resources.

When CA Identity Manager integrates with SiteMinder, the policy store also includes information about Identity Manager directories and environments so that SiteMinder can provide advanced authentication.

Note: The components are installed on different platforms as examples. However, you can choose other platforms. The CA Identity Manager databases are on Microsoft SQL Server and the user store is on IBM directory Server. The SiteMinder Policy Store is on AD LDS on Windows.