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Commerce Server Enterprise Deployment Network Connectivity Diagram

This topic illustrates how various Commerce Server deployments are networked to constitute an enterprise deployment. The Commerce Server enterprise network consists of five virtual local area networks (VLANs) and three domains:

  • Web Domain

  • Data and Staging Domain

  • Development/Test/Business Domain

The network connectivity of these three domains is shown in the following figure.

Enterprise network connectivity diagram

The production environment is spread across two domains, the Web ___domain and the Data/Staging ___domain. The Data/Staging ___domain houses the production data tier and the staging environment or staging tier. The third ___domain, the Development/Test/Business ___domain, resides in its own VLAN.

For a listing of the enterprise network settings, see Configuring Network Settings for the Enterprise Deployment.

Web Domain

All Web servers are joined to the Web ___domain controller, ___domain controller 1. Within the Web ___domain there are three VLANs:

  • VLAN 1 connects the Web servers to the load balancer which connects through the network switch/firewall to the Internet. Users access the Web servers through this connection.

  • VLAN 2 connects the Web servers on the second network adapter to the network switch and firewall which connects to VLAN 3.

  • VLAN 3 connects the ___domain controller 1 to the network switch and firewall.

A one-way trust is established from the Web tier ___domain controller 1 to the data tier data/staging ___domain controller, ___domain controller 2. Through this trust, the Web servers on VLAN2 can communicate with the servers in VLAN 4.

Data and Staging Domain

The production data tier and staging environment are present together in the data and staging ___domain and VLAN 4.

The production data tier consists of the following components:

  • Clustered database servers, SQL Node 1 and SQL Node 2

  • Management server

  • Data Warehouse and analysis server

  • Business management server with Direct Mailer Service (Websvc/DM in the diagram)

  • BizTalk Server database (BTS DB)

  • BizTalk Server with Commerce Server adapters (BTS LOB)

The Staging tier consists of the following components:

  • Staging database server (Staging SQL Server)

  • Staging business management server

  • Domain Controller 2

All these components connect to the network switch and form VLAN 4. Data is staged from the staging tier to the production environment.

Development/Test/Business Domain

The development/test/business ___domain forms VLAN 5. The following components are present in this ___domain:

  • Test database (SQL) server

  • Test business management server

  • Test BizTalk server with Commerce Server adapters

  • Test ___domain controller (___domain controller 3)

A one-way trust is established from the Development/Test/Business ___domain controller to ___domain controller 2 within the data/staging ___domain. Through this trust, data can be staged from the development/test/business ___domain to the staging tier.

See Also

Other Resources

What is an Enterprise Deployment?

Configuring Network Settings for the Base Deployment

Configuring Network Settings for the Enterprise Deployment

Configuring the Commerce Server Network