Hardware and Software Requirements (Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.9 Administrator's Guide)

Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.9 Administrator's Guide

Hardware and Software Requirements

The use case described in this section, consists of the following entities:

1) Four instances (running on four identical nodes)

2) An Administration Server

3) A reverse proxy for load balancing HTTP requests

To set up a cluster, you need two or more identical nodes with the same operating system version and patches. For example, if you select a machine with Solaris 9 SPARC operating system, other machines in the cluster must also have Solaris 9 SPARC installed.

For information on supported platforms and patch requirements, see the Oracle iPlanet Web Server 7.0.9 Release Notes.

The following figure describes a clustered environment.

Figure 4–2 Cluster Set Up

In the preceding figure, nodes are configured in the De-Militarized Zone (DMZ). The Administration Server is configured behind a firewall, the Militarized Zone, to restrict and protect the Administration Server against general access. Another node is configured as the Reverse Proxy Server. A reverse proxy server resides inside the DMZ to enhance security.

Note –

The Solaris zone feature is supported only on Solaris 10 operating system.