3.2 Deciding Where to Install the Exchange Gateway

You can install the Exchange Gateway on the same server with the domain that the gateway belongs to, if that domain is located on Windows. You can also install the Exchange Gateway on a separate server, regardless of where the domain is located. The server where you install the Exchange Gateway must be an Exchange server.

If you install the Exchange Gateway on a different server from where the domain is located, you must provide a username and password for the gateway to use when logging in to the server where the domain is located. If the domain directory is on a NetWare server, use an eDirectory username and password. If the domain directory is on a Windows server, use a Windows username and password. The gateway user requires Read, Write, Create, Erase, Modify, and File Scan rights in the domain directory.

You might want to set up a new Exchange server with no mailboxes specifically for running the Exchange Gateway. In addition, you might want to create a new domain on the new Exchange server specifically for housing the Exchange gateway. This configuration facilitates location communicate among Exchange, GroupWise, and the Exchange Gateway.

EXCHANGE GATEWAY INSTALLATION WORKSHEET

Under Item 1: Exchange Gateway Location, mark whether you want to install the Exchange Gateway on the same server where the domain is located or on a remote server. For a remote server location, specify a username and password to provide login and access rights.

Under Item 3: Domain Server Type, mark whether the domain that owns the Exchange Gateway resides on a NetWare® or a Windows server.

The owning domain cannot reside on a Linux server, but the Exchange Gateway can still service domains that reside on Linux servers by way of TCP/IP links.