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Logical Datacenter Designer

Architects will use the Logical Datacenter Designer to define a logical representation of the target datacenter in which applications will be deployed. This tool allows architects to provide a description of the types of servers (known as logical servers) in the target environment and to record the configurations of the software packages loaded on those servers.

Here are the various Hosts that can be modeled using the Logical Datacenter Designer:

• Windows Client

• IIS Web Server

• Database Server

• Generic Server

• Zone

Windows Client

Application Constraints

• Application type allowed—Microsoft Windows® application, Microsoft Office, or generic

• User defined

Logical Server Settings

• Operating system type, version, and features

• Directories for implementation

• Common language runtime (CLR) version

• Global assembly cache (GAC) information

• Custom

Valid Endpoint Types

• Generic Client Endpoint

• Generic Server Endpoint

• HTTP Client Endpoint

• Database Client Endpoint

Applications

• Windows application

• Office application

• Generic application

IIS Web Server

Application Constraints

• Application type allowed—Microsoft ASP.NET Web application, external Microsoft BizTalk® Web service, external Web service, or generic

• ASP.NET application constraints—membership, security, session state

• User defined

Logical Server Settings

• IIS Services—capabilities, connection, content, general, limits, logging, metabase, request, settings, version

• Application Pools—authentication, COM, general, limits, monitoring, multiple processors, orphan action, rapid fail, request, response, restart

• Web Sites—ASP classic, authentication, authorization, caching, CGI, COM, compression, connection, content, general, IIS5 reliability, logging, request, response, restart

• Operating system type, version, and features

• Directories for implementation

• Common language runtime (CLR) version

• Global assembly cache (GAC) information

• Custom

Valid Endpoint Types

• Generic Client Endpoint

• Generic Server Endpoint

• HTTP Client Endpoint

• Web Site Endpoint

• Database Client Endpoint

Applications

• ASP.NET Web application

• External BizTalk Web service

• External ASP.NET Web service

• Generic application

Database Server

Application Constraints

• Application type allowed—external database or generic

Logical Server Settings

• Custom

Valid Endpoint Types

• Generic Client Endpoint

• Generic Server Endpoint

• HTTP Client Endpoint

Applications

• External database

• Generic application

Generic Server

Application Constraints

• Application type allowed—external Web service or generic

Logical Server Settings

• Custom

Valid Endpoint Types

• Generic Client Endpoint

• Generic Server Endpoint

• HTTP Client Endpoint

• Web Site Endpoint

• Database Client Endpoint

Applications

• External Web service

• Generic application

Zone

Zone Containment Constraints

• Logical server type allowed—database, generic, IIS Web Server, Windows client, Zone

• IIS Web Server constraints—CLR version, directory, IIS settings, operating system type and version

• Windows client constraints—CLR version, directory, operating system type and version

• User defined

Logical Server Settings

• Custom

Valid Endpoint Types

• Zone Endpoint—inbound or outbound, database client, database server, HTTP client, Web site, generic

Logical Servers

• Windows client

• IIS Web Server

• Database server

• Generic server

• Other Zones