You can install one or more instances of the BlackBerry Connectivity Node to add additional instances of the device connectivity components to your organization’s domain. Each BlackBerry Connectivity Node instance contains the following BlackBerry UEM components: BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus, the BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service, the BlackBerry Secure Gateway, BlackBerry Proxy, and the BlackBerry Cloud Connector.

You can also create server groups. A server group contains one or more instances of the BlackBerry Connectivity Node. When you create a server group, you specify the regional data path that you want the components to use to connect to the BlackBerry Infrastructure. You can associate email and enterprise connectivity profiles with a server group. Any device that is assigned those profiles uses that server group’s regional connection to the BlackBerry Infrastructure when it uses any of the components of the BlackBerry Connectivity Node.

Optionally, you can designate each BlackBerry Connectivity Node in a server group to handle a single connection type: BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus only, BlackBerry Secure Gateway only, or BlackBerry Proxy only. This frees up server resources to allow fewer servers required for the same number of users or containers.

For more information about planning for server groups and BlackBerry Connectivity Node instances, see the Planning content.

To create server groups and install one or more instances of the BlackBerry Connectivity Node, perform the following actions:

Step	Action
	Create server groups (optional).
	Change the default settings for BlackBerry Connectivity Node instances (optional).
	Install a BlackBerry Connectivity Node instance.
	Activate a BlackBerry Connectivity Node instance.
	Configure proxy settings for a BlackBerry Connectivity Node instance (optional).
	Add a BlackBerry Connectivity Node instance to a server group (optional).