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Cognos ReportNetTM Installation and Configuration Guide

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Chapter 1: ReportNet<br />

Framework Manager <strong>Installation</strong> Options<br />

No matter where you install the ReportNet components, you must also install <strong>and</strong> configure<br />

Framework Manager, the metadata modeling application.<br />

Framework Manager stores run-time models on the ReportNet server. It can communicate with<br />

the server using one of two routes:<br />

• Route 1: through the Web server gateway<br />

• Route 2: directly to the ReportNet server dispatcher<br />

Route 1. Route 2.<br />

Framework<br />

Manager<br />

Framework<br />

Manager<br />

Web server<br />

ReportNet gateway<br />

Web server<br />

ReportNet gateway<br />

ReportNet server<br />

ReportNet server<br />

Dispatcher<br />

Dispatcher<br />

Where you install Framework Manager, <strong>and</strong> how you configure it, can depend on how large your<br />

metadata models are <strong>and</strong> on which Web server you use.<br />

Web Servers Other Than Microsoft IIS<br />

For Web servers other than Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), there is no functional<br />

difference between the two communication routes between Framework Manager <strong>and</strong> the<br />

ReportNet server dispatcher. For either route, Framework Manager uses the BI Bus SOAP API.<br />

If you use the Web server route, <strong>and</strong> you have medium-sized <strong>and</strong> large models (approaching 1<br />

MB in size), the models are broken into smaller pieces (chunked) for transmission.<br />

If you use a Web server other than Microsoft IIS, we recommend that you configure Framework<br />

Manager to communicate through your Web server gateway (Route 1). This eliminates the need<br />

to set up additional communications channels if you use firewalls to separate Framework<br />

Manager, your Web server, <strong>and</strong> your ReportNet server.<br />

Microsoft IIS Web Servers<br />

Microsoft IIS does not support chunking. As a result, if you use Microsoft IIS, <strong>and</strong> you build<br />

medium-sized or large models (approaching 1 MB in size), you must configure Framework<br />

Manager to communicate directly with the ReportNet server dispatcher.<br />

<strong>Installation</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Configuration</strong> <strong>Guide</strong> 15

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