Installing a 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 instance

You can install one or more instances of the 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 to add additional capacity for device connectivity, for the purposes of regionalizing device connectivity, or for the purpose of high availability or disaster recovery.

Each 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 instance contains the following 

BlackBerry UEM

 components:

Each 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 instance provides another active instance of these components to the 

BlackBerry UEM

 domain that can process and manage secure device connections (by default, the 

BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service

 in a 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 instance is disabled).

Enterprise connectivity can be maintained by creating server groups for 

BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus

 connectivity or 

BlackBerry Proxy

 clusters for 

BlackBerry Dynamics

 connectivity.

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.

A 

BlackBerry Proxy

 cluster contains one or more instances of the 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

. When you create a 

BlackBerry Proxy

 cluster, you specify the 

BlackBerry Proxy

 servers included in the cluster, as well as whether that cluster will be used for 

BlackBerry Dynamics

 activation, or only for application server connectivity. 

After you install a 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

, you must register it before it can be used.