Clients interact with the Middle tier, which contains:
Web Cache
Protocols for Email, Files, Web
Services for Email, Files Calendar, Wireless, Portal, UltraSearch and Web Conferencing
Middle tier interacts with the Infrastructure and the Infostore, each supported by a database.
The Infrastructure holds:
Directory Services
Single Signon Server
Calendar Server
Database (directory, SSO, and Portal data)
The Infostore contains:
Files
UltraSearch
Web Conferencing