How This Book Is Organized

This guide is based on a solution life cycle that describes the various phases of deployment planning.

Part I provides an introduction to Directory Server Enterprise Edition and explains the steps involved in planning a deployment (solution life cycle).

Part II describes the technical requirements analysis that must be performed before you can begin drawing up a logical deployment architecture. Technical requirements analysis requires an understanding of the business domain, business objectives, and the underlying system technology.

Part III describes how to create logical architectures for Directory Server Enterprise Edition deployments. It also provides sample logical architectures based on typical Directory Server Enterprise Edition deployment scenarios.

Part IV discusses specialized deployment topics including the use of LDAP-based naming services on the Solaris Operating System, Identity Synchronization for Windows, and the deployment of a virtual directory.