Implementation Overview & Process
Implementation of Sterling B2B Integrator requires a series of stages.
This section provides a sequential overview of the process to be followed in order to implement Sterling B2B Integrator. The information is designed to familiarize you with the general tasks for most users.
Implementation Process
The descriptions of the implementation stages do not indicate the role the user who performs the tasks, but assumes that the appropriate user performs each of the steps in the process. The user can be a system administrator or any other user with the responsibility for the described tasks.
The topics in this section describe the implementation stages for Sterling B2B Integrator, and are presented in a logical order.
Creating Architectural Design Plan
Your architectural design plan details the ways that you use Sterling B2B Integrator, and the components and features you employ in the process.
This stage is perhaps the most intensive part of your overall implementation. The more accurate and detailed your plans are, the more efficiently your implementation will progress.
- Set up clusters or use multiple nodes
- Perform internodal document tracking
- Create trading partner communities
- Use the perimeter service and other components in the DMZ
The planning process becomes complex as you study it from a software perspective and consider how you want to achieve the objectives.
For each process, IBM® professionals can help you to define the business process model you will create in Sterling B2B Integrator, including the services, adapters, components, and technologies you require, the systems that Sterling B2B Integrator will interact with, and provide information about what exactly has to happen to the data at each step in a process. All these factors determine your system size.