SBM powered by Microsoft Lync™ Administrator's Guide 2011-11

A-1

Ready the Data Center for an SBM

Deployment

Overview

The HP Survivable Branch Communication zl Module (SBM) powered by

Microsoft Lync

is designed to integrate with an existing Microsoft Unified

Communications and Collaboration solution.

This appendix explains the tasks that must be performed to ready the data

center for a successful SBM deployment. It will provide enough information

for an experienced Windows administrators to create a checklist of what they

need to do. For some tasks, it will provide the minimum steps required for an

example deployment. However, detailed guidelines are beyond the scope of

this document. You should refer to Microsoft documentation for all such

purposes.

Table A-1 displays the tasks and the typical group for the user who completes

them (your domain might be set up differently).

Note It is recommended that you read the HP Survivable Branch Communication

zl Module powered by Microsoft Lync

Planning and Design Guide before

you complete these tasks.

Table A-1. Predeployment Tasks

Role Task

Enterprise Admin or

Domain Admin

Verify that the domain has the proper groups

Add a computer object for the SBM

Set the service principal name (SPN)

Add or edit a user account for the technician who will

deploy the SBM

Create two test user accounts for the SBM’s Health

Monitoring pool (recommended)

Create a DHCP reservation for the SBM (optional)

Create a DNS entry for the SBM (optional)