Overview of IBM Telephone Directory V5.2

This topic provides an overview of the IBM^® Telephone Directory V5.2 application and how it interacts with different iSeries™ server components and various software components.

IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 provides the ability to search, view, and manage entries in an LDAP directory. The directory can be used as a simple address book with entries containing personal information about people in your organization or, possibly, your organization's business contacts. It can also be used to centrally define and control users and passwords for all of your organization's Web applications and computer systems. iSeries Directory Server Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is used to securely store your information, and the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application is used to view and manage your information. The application can use an existing directory if you already have one, or you can set up a new directory. You can also take advantage of Lotus^® Sametime^® and Enterprise Identity Mapping integration.

Two types of directory servers are supported by the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application: iSeries Directory Server (LDAP), and LDAP on Domino^® 6.0 for iSeries (Domino Directory services).

An overview of the application is as follows:

The IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application is installed on your iSeries server and can be deployed into the runtime of the following editions of WebSphere^® Application Server:

• WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5 (Base)
• WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5.1 (Base)
• WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V6 (Base)
• WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5 (ND)
• WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V5.1 (ND)
• WebSphere Application Server for iSeries V6 (ND)
• WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries V5
• WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries V5.1
• WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries V6

A Web administration GUI is integrated with the HTTP server administration GUI and performs many underlying configuration tasks for you if you deploy into the WebSphere Application Server (Base) or WebSphere Application Server - Express run time.

For detailed information on how the IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 application uses various iSeries server and software components, see the following topics:

• Interaction with WebSphere Application Server
  IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 contains a Web application packaged in an Enterprise Archive (.ear) file that is deployed into a WebSphere Application Server run time environment.
• Interaction with HTTP Server for i5/OS
  IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 requires the following production level HTTP server: IBM HTTP Server for i5/OS™ (5722-DG1).
• Interaction with iSeries Directory Server (LDAP)
  An LDAP directory is a listing of information about objects arranged in a particular order that gives details about each object. LDAP is a specialized database that has characteristics that set it apart from general purpose relational databases.
• Interaction with LDAP on Domino 6.0 for iSeries
  As an alternative to iSeries Directory Server (LDAP), you can use LDAP on Domino 6.0 for iSeries (Domino Directory services).
• Interaction with a Lotus Sametime server
  Lotus Sametime is real-time collaboration software -- with online awareness, instant messaging, application sharing and virtual meetings.
• Interaction with an Enterprise Identity Mapping server
  Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) for iSeries allows administrators and application developers to solve the problem of managing multiple user registries across their enterprise.
• Using the same directory for IBM Telephone Directory V5.2 and Lotus Sametime
  Lotus Sametime is real-time collaboration software -- with online awareness, instant messaging, application sharing and virtual meetings.