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SiteMinder Components

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

SiteMinder Web Agent

Protects the CA IdentityMinder Server. Installed on the system with the CA IdentityMinder Server.

SiteMinder Policy Server

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

The following figure is an example of a CA IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder databases are on Microsoft SQL Server and the user store is on the IBM directory Server. The SiteMinder Policy Store is on AD LDS on Windows.