System requirements

If your organization's environment includes three servers, you must install the BlackBerry Pushcast Software on one server, the database on one server, and the BlackBerry Pushcast Mobile Initiator and the BlackBerry Pushcast Transcoder on one server.

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Requirement

Hardware for the BlackBerry Pushcast server

  • Quad core 2.8 GHz or equivalent processor
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 100 Mb Ethernet network connection
  • Operating system installed on a RAID 1 disk array or drive
  • RAID 5 disk array or drive for content storage
  • Gigabit Ethernet network connection to connect to the database server

Software for the BlackBerry Pushcast server

  • One of the following:
    • Windows Server 2003
    • Windows Server 2003 Standard R2
    • Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft IIS 6 or Microsoft IIS 7

    The BlackBerry Pushcast Software does not support Microsoft IIS 7 for a Windows Server 2003 operating system.

  • Microsoft ASP.NET
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Microsoft DTC service
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2008
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services

Hardware for the database server

  • Quad core 2.8 GHz or equivalent processor
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 100 Mb Ethernet network connection
  • Operating system installed on a RAID 1 disk array or drive
  • RAID 5 disk array or drive for content storage
  • Gigabit Ethernet network connection to connect to the database server

Software for the database server

  • Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
  • Microsoft DTC service
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Editions with Reporting Services

Hardware for the server that you install the BlackBerry Pushcast Software services on

  • Quad core 2.8 GHz or equivalent processor
  • 2 GB of RAM
  • 100 Mb Ethernet network connection
  • Operating system installed on a RAID 1 disk array or drive
  • RAID 5 disk array or drive for content storage

Software for the server that you install the BlackBerry Pushcast Software services on

  • Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft IIS 6 or later
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

SSL

To support SSL, the following conditions must be met:

  • Port 443 must be set on the Microsoft IIS website that you use for the BlackBerry Pushcast Software for SSL connectivity
  • The certificate issued to SSL must match the FQDN of the BlackBerry Pushcast server

Workgroup or Microsoft Active Directory domain

The BlackBerry Pushcast server and the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services must be in one workgroup or Microsoft Active Directory domain.

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