Installation and Configuration Guide
System requirements
For information about calculating hardware requirements, visit
BlackBerry Enterprise Server Capacity Calculator and BlackBerry Enterprise Server Performance Benchmarking Guide.
System requirements: BlackBerry Enterprise Server
Item
operating system
Novell® GroupWise® SOAP API
database conditions for the
BlackBerry MDS Integration Service
static IP address for the computer
browser
media player
network proximity
monitoring
System requirements: BlackBerry Administration Service
and BlackBerry Web Desktop Manager
The following system requirements apply when you install the BlackBerry® Administration Service and BlackBerry®
Web Desktop Manager on a computer that is separate from the computer that hosts the BlackBerry® Enterprise
Server.
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Requirement
Any of the following operating systems:
•
Windows Server® 2008 SP2 (32-bit or 64-bit)
•
Windows Server 2008 R2
•
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
For security conscious customers, it is a best practice to turn on SSL in the
Novell GroupWise POA, to encrypt communication between the
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server and the Novell GroupWise POA.
Customers who want to reduce the memory leak described in DT503356
can turn off SSL on the Novell GroupWise POA.
A database server that hosts the BlackBerry Configuration Database
To install the BlackBerry MDS Integration Service or the BlackBerry
Administration Service in a pool, a static IP address for the computer that
hosts the component
Windows® Internet Explorer® 6.0 to 8.0 with language preferences
configured to display encoded web pages
If using Windows Server 2008, to support audio attachments, Windows
Media® Format SDK (for more information, visit
read article 972098)
A high-speed, switched connection between the BlackBerry Enterprise
Server and the messaging servers
To support the BlackBerry Monitoring Service, the SNMP service must be
running
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