Connection methods: EJB protocol, IIOP protocol, and the WSI transport method

When you install eDiscovery Manager, you provide the FileNet P8 Content Engine web address, which eDiscovery Manager uses to connect to the primary Content Engine content server. This connection can use either the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) protocol and Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) or the Web Services Interface (WSI) transport method.

Table 1 shows the connection types (web addresses) that must be used with specific server environments.

Table 1. eDiscovery Manager connection types for different server environments.
Server environment	Connection type
Multiple FileNet P8 content servers in different domains.	A web address that uses the WSI transport method. eDiscovery Manager does not support the use of EJB and IIOP to connect to multiple content servers that are hosted in different domains.
Multiple FileNet P8 content servers in the same domain.	A web address that uses the EJB/IIOP protocol or the WSI transport method. When you add connection information for secondary content servers on the Content Management System pane of the Administration page, specify web addresses that use the same connection type as the primary content server. Do not use the EJB/IIOP protocol for some content servers and the WSI transport method for other content servers.

Remember: You can use single sign-on (SSO) in FileNet P8 environments only if you use EJB/IIOP to connect the eDiscovery Manager server to your FileNet P8 servers. You cannot use SSO if you use the WSI transport method to connecteDiscovery Manager to FileNet P8 servers. In environments with both eDiscovery Manager and eDiscovery Analyzer, only WSI connections are supported, so you cannot use SSO in these environments.