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Chapter 4 Rendezvous Gateway : Overview

Overview
The Rendezvous gateway enables communication between clients of a TIBCO Messaging Appliance P-7500 and Rendezvous clients on other networks. The other networks can be either a standard Rendezvous network (with daemons), or another P-7500.
Operation
When enabled, the gateway starts automatically when P-7500 starts. (To enable, see enable-rv-gateway in TIBCO Messaging Appliance P-7500 Operations Guide.)
Rendezvous gateway has two operational states—running and idle:
When running, the gateway establishes neighbor connections and routes messages. The browser administration interface is also available for configuring parameters.
When idle, the gateway neither routes messages nor establishes neighbor connections. However, the browser administration interface is available for configuring parameters.
 
To configure the gateway, use its browser administration interface. (For details, see rvrd in TIBCO Rendezvous Administration, because the gateway’s browser administration interface is similar to that of rvrd).
Redundancy
A redundant configuration uses two gateways—one corresponding to each virtual router. The gateway for the primary virtual router operates in the running state, while the gateway for the backup virtual router is idle. At failover, when the backup virtual router activates, its gateway enters the running state.
Comparing the Gateway with rvrd
The Rendezvous gateway implements the full functionality of a Rendezvous routing daemon (rvrd), plus additions to accommodate its special role in the P-7500. Those additions are the focus of this chapter; for all other aspects of the gateway, see rvrd documentation in TIBCO Rendezvous Administration.
The gateway interoperates seamlessly with rvrd. (However, the gateway cannot establish neighbor connections with rvrd from Rendezvous release 5.)
The gateway is available for TRDP only—it is not available for PGM.
The default reliability value for the gateway is 5 seconds (in contrast, the default for daemons in Rendezvous distribution packages is 60 seconds).

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