BlackBerry Enterprise Server

Planning your installation

System Requirements

Operating System Requirement

Hardware Requirement

Messaging Requirement

Network Requirement

Database Requirement

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You can install the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express or the BlackBerry Enterprise Server - Small Business Edition on the same computer as your messaging server if you plan to implement 15 or fewer BlackBerry devices in your organization. If you plan to upgrade your installation to a full BlackBerry Enterprise Server, and support more than 15 BlackBerry devices, install the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express or BlackBerry Enterprise Server - Small Business Edition on a computer separate from the messaging server computer.

Your computer should meet the following minimum hardware and software requirements:

One of the following is installed:

Microsoft Windows 2000 (Server or Advanced editions) with Service Pack (SP) 4
Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 (Standard, Enterprise or Small Business Server)
Microsoft Data Access Component (MDAC) Version 2.8 SP1 or later is installed.
Visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301202 for more information about verifying your MDAC version.

Intel® Pentium® III processor (800 MHz or greater); Intel Pentium IV processor (2 GHz or greater) is recommended. Minimum 1.5 or more gigabytes of RAM available

One of the following messaging servers is installed:

Microsoft Exchange Version 5.5 native environment
Microsoft Exchange 2000 native environment
Microsoft Exchange 2003 native environment

One of the following Microsoft Exchange administration tools is installed on the computer on which you plan to install the BlackBerry Enterprise Server:

Microsoft Exchange Version 5.5 Administrator
Microsoft Exchange 2000 System Manager
Microsoft Exchange 2003 System Manager

Notes:

Do not install Microsoft Outlook® on the same computer as the Microsoft Exchange administration tool.
Your Microsoft Exchange administration tool must be the same service pack as your version of Microsoft Exchange.

The corporate firewall or proxy permits the BlackBerry Enterprise Server to initiate and maintain an outbound connection to the BlackBerry Infrastructure on TCP port 3101. The proxy server is transparent if you are using a proxying firewall.

Dec 2008

If you have a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) version that is earlier than MSDE 2000 Release A installed on your computer, remove it before starting the BlackBerry Enterprise Server installation.