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SiteMinder Components

A SiteMinder environment includes multiple components. Some components are required to secure resources, while others are optional, or only required to implement specific features. These components work with the resources, applications, directories, and databases in your organization to provide secure access to resources in your enterprise network.

All SiteMinder components are supported on a number of operating environments. Your SiteMinder implementation is highly dependent on the environment to which you are deploying it. Your implementation does not have to reflect the following diagram. Rather, the purpose of the following diagram is to illustrate the major components in a SiteMinder environment and their general relationships with each other.

Use the previous diagram and the following component descriptions as a resource when considering the architectural questions detailed in this guide.