High availability and the

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

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. This includes BSCP traffic for enterprise connectivity and

BlackBerry Dynamics

traffic for

BlackBerry Dynamics

devices. Each

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

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

.

Each

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

provides another active instance of these components to the

BlackBerry UEM

domain that can process and manage secure device connections. For information about installing a

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

, see the the Installation and upgrade content.

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

. For example, you can create a server group to direct device connections for

BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus

and the

BlackBerry Secure Gateway

to use the path for the United States 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.

If a server group contains multiple instances of the

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

, devices can use any instance that is running. Device connections are load balanced across the available instances in the group. If no instances are available, devices cannot use those components for secure connections. At least one of the instances must be available.