Chapter 6 - Architecture Overview And Custom Installation Planning; Architectural Overview; Major Components Of A Complete Msp System Installation; Prerequisite Components Involved - Motorola MSP3-CNTRL-SW-1 - Mobility Services Platform Control Edition Installation Manual

Chapter 6 – Architecture Overview and Custom
Installation Planning

Architectural Overview

The MSP Server system consists of several components, each serving a different purpose in the
overall operation. It is important to understand each component's purpose and the installation
requirements for each. There are many different configuration options for any MSP system and
various factors dictate your installation decisions including your enterprise needs, IT policies,
current database and network configuration and others. This section describes the overall
architecture as it pertains to the installation and the how the individual pieces fit together.
Major Components of a Complete MSP System
Installation

Prerequisite Components Involved

The prerequisite components are used to refer to the Microsoft Windows and SQL Server
applications required for any MSP installation. Chapters 2 and 3 cover the requirements and the
installation of the prerequisites respectively, however it's important to know why they are required
and which parts of MSP use them.
The server machine that is running SQL Server 2005 is referred to as the Database Server in our
scenario descriptions. SQL Server 2005 is used to contain and manage the core database used
by MSP to store all application data. It is also used to store the analysis database used by MSP if
the data analysis feature is used. Other important components required by MSP are IIS and
Microsoft .NET 2.0. The server machine that has IIS and .NET installed is referred to as the
Application Server. In simple setup scenarios these components may all be located on the same
physical machine. The connection details that are used by these individual components to
communicate with each other vary depending on the type and complexity of setup used. The
required connection protocols, user permissions and supported authentication types are
described in greater detail in following sections.