This diagram is a graphical representation of the enterprise deployment topology. It includes icons and symbols that represent the hardware load balancer, host computers, firewalls, and other elements of the topology. At a high level, it shows the following main tiers of the topology:

• The Web Tier, or DMZ, where the web servers reside.

• The Application Tier, where the application servers reside, including Oracle WebLogic Server and the upper stack products, such as Oracle WebCenter Content. For example, in this topology, the application tier contains the host computers, which are referred to in this guide as SOAHOST1, SOAHOST2, WCCHOST1, and WCCHOST2.

• The Data Tier, where the databases reside. The databases contain customer data and the schemas required by the application tier products.

• An Identity Management tier (along the left side of the diagram), which represents the host computers and databases required for the LDAP server or other Identity Management components required by the topology.

For more information, refer to the descriptions of the topology tiers in the sections that follow the diagram. The instructions in this guide describe how to install and configure the software for this topology.