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SiteMinder Components

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

SiteMinder Web Agent

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

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 so forth.

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

Single Node Installation

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.