Distributing Components in a Role-based Configuration

As shown in the following diagram, you can distribute the gateway, the reporting components, and the IBM® Controller data calculation and consolidation components on separate computers.

Diagram showing distributed architecture

The gateway is on a separate Web server computer. If the gateway is located outside the firewall, as in this configuration, you must also install the Controller Client Distribution Server on the gateway computer so it can communicate with the external clients. A separate computer serves as the reporting services server with Content Manager, Report Server, and related IBM components installed. Another computer serves as the Controller Web server with the Controller Web Services Server installed to do the data consolidations, and the Controller Client Distribution Server installed to communicate with the internal clients.

The report modeler computer has IBM Cognos® Framework Manager installed for using or customizing the Publish to Data Mart model provided with Controller.

The following diagram provides a more detailed view of this configuration.

Diagram showing details of distributed architecture