Abstract

IBM Enterprise Information Portal Version 7.1 (EIP) is IBM's state of the art middleware product that provides the ability to perform a single federated search across multiple back end repositories. It is also the preferred vehicle for providing Web access to the IBM Content Management products.

Planning an EIP implementation requires an understanding of the components in the IBM EIP Version 7.1 product, the EIP severs and clients, the backend content servers to be connected to, and the requirements for additional features.

This Redbook describes typical configurations for an EIP implementation, and discusses the sizing, security, and performance issues related with each configuration.

This Redbook also describes the processes for fat client deployment, thin client deployment, and MIME type configurations for viewing the documents.

Installation and configuration check lists are also provided.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Portal overview

Chapter 2. The IBM Enterprise Information Portal Version 7.1

Chapter 3. The IBM EIP Version 7 components

Chapter 4. Planning

Chapter 5. Configuration and testing

Chapter 6. Thin client architecture and development

Chapter 7. Client deployment

Chapter 8. Tips and hints

Chapter 9. Tuning and performance considerations

Appendix A. Our hardware and software configurations

Appendix B. Sample Gadget code