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Integrated Components

When CA Identity Manager integrates with CA SiteMinder®, the following components are added to the CA Identity Manager architecture:

CA SiteMinder® Web Agent

Protects the CA Identity Manager Server. Installed on the system with the CA Identity Manager Server.

CA SiteMinder® Policy Server

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

The following figure is an example of a CA Identity Manager installation with a CA SiteMinder® Policy Server and Web Agent:

the figure shows idendity manager installation with a siteminder Policy Server and Web Agent

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 the IBM directory Server. The CA SiteMinder® Policy Store is on AD LDS on Windows.