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Chapter 4. e-Marketplace product mapping

The product mapping provides the product and version specific to the logical

node. The strength of the IBM WebSphere Application Server family of

products for e-business is that the e-business solution, design skills and tools

can be used on one platform and easily migrated to other platforms.

The platform chosen should fit into the customer's environment and ensure

quality of service, such as scalability and reliability to ensure the solution can

grow with the e-business.

The product mapping identifies the platform, software product name, and

version. The IBM Application Framework for e-business provides support for

many platforms, including IBM AIX, IBM OS/400, IBM OS/390, Sun Solaris,

HP-UX, Linux, and Windows NT/2000.

The framework provides the flexibility to allow you to develop and test the

application on your runtime platform and easily deploy the application on the

customer’s platform of choice.

When this redbook was written we had only the AIX version of the

WebSphere Commerce Suite, Marketplace Edition available, so we have

listed product mappings only for the AIX platform.

Note that these levels of code could change from the limited availability

stage, as we have installed it, to the final release stage upon general

availability.

4.1 AIX product mapping

Figure 17 on page 46 provides an example product mapping for the logical

runtime topology using AIX-based nodes for a Web-integrated e-Marketplace.

Figure 17 on page 46 illustrates the hardware and software components

typically used in a WebSphere Commerce Suite, Marketplace Edition for AIX

implementation of an e-Marketplace.

It is common for a company to have a mixture of platforms within the whole

integrated e-business solution. The requirement for integration with a

mixed platform environment makes the Application Framework for

e-business a very appealing choice with its support for many platforms.

Note

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Figure 17. AIX product mapping

4.1.1 Detailed product mapping - AIX platform

The section provides detailed tables for the major logical nodes within the

runtime topology mapping the nodes to specific software product names and

versions for the AIX platform. Please note that because the

Business-to-Business e-Marketplace Pattern is an emerging pattern and that

when we wrote this book WebSphere Commerce Suite, Marketplace Edition

was not yet released, these product mappings are our best indication of how

we expect an e-Marketplace will be implemented, but we have not been able

Notification

Server

AIX

WCS - eMP

Content

Management

agg. catalog

Database

Server

Workflow

Manager

Commerce

and Web

App. Server

Search

Engine

Personalization

Existing

Applications

and Data

Public Key

Infrastructure

Mail Server

Domain Name

Server

Purchaser

Supplier

User

Protocol Firewall

Domain Firewall

AIX 4.2.1

SecureWay

Firewall 3.2

AIX WAS 3.0

WCS -

eMP

MQ Client

AIX

MQWF

Domino 5.03

AIX

DB2 UDB

Large RS6000 or

SP2

HACMP high

availability disk

e.g.,

OS/390

CICS or IMS

DB2

ERP applications

MQSeries

Delivery

Gateway

AIX

WS B2B

Integrator

Buyer

Internal

Network

Supplier

Internal

Network

B2B

Gateway

AIX

WS B2B

Integrator

AIX

WCS-eMP

Directory and

Security

Services

AIX

SecureWay

Directory 2.1

Lotus Go

Webserver 4.6.2.5

DB2 UDB 5.2

Supplier or

Buy-Side

Internet

Demilitarized

Zone (DMZ)

e-Marketplace

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to test or implement all these nodes, so it is likely that these product

mappings will change over time.

Table 1. Commerce server node - AIX platform

Table 2.

Database server node - AIX platform

Table 3.

Firewall nodes - AIX platform

Table 4.

Business protocol manager node - AIX platform

Table 5.

Directory and security service node - AIX platform

Product name Version

AIX operating system 4.3.3

IBM JDK 1.1.8

IBM JDK 1.1.8 PTF 6 / 7

IBM HTTP Server (Apache) 1.3.6.2

IBM DB2 UDB Universal Database Extended Edition - client 6.1.0.6

IBM WebSphere Application Server Advanced Edition 3.0.2.1

IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite, Marketplace Edition for AIX V 4.1

Product name Version

AIX operating system 4.3.3

IBM DB2 UDB Universal Database Extended Edition - client 6.1.0.6

Product name Version

AIX operating system 4.3.3

IBM SecureWay Firewall 4.1

Product name Version

AIX operating system 4.3.3

BPF in WebSphere B2B Integrator 3.0

Product name Version

AIX operating system 4.3.3

IBM SecureWay Directory 3.1.1.2

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Table 6. Notification server node

Table 7. Workflow manager node

Product Name Version

IBM WebSphere Commerce Suite, Marketplace Edition for AIX V4.1

Product Name Version

MQSeries Workflow 3.2.2