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Configure IBM BPM for Service Federation Management
You can enable IBM BPM as a connectivity server that can be administered by the Service Federation Management (SFM) console provided with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository version 7.0. The SFM console can then configure SFM proxies in IBM BPM.
You might have separate enterprise service buses (ESBs) in different business units. Each ESB and associated service registry constitute a separate domain of connected service applications. This can result in expensive duplication of applications between domains and also in increased development effort to implement application connectivity across domains. SFM, provided in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository version 7.0, allows you to establish bridges between separate ESBs, allowing services and applications to be shared between domains.
SFM provides:
- A federation model which provides a unifying view of federation relevant content.
- A Service Connectivity Management Protocol, which accesses the service connectivity and registry components supporting a domain.
- A console for controlling service domains.
SFM allows the console user to configure services in one domain so that they are available to service consumers in another domain; the service endpoints in one domain are available as service proxy endpoints in another domain.
- Configure the Service Connectivity Management connectivity server
The Service Federation Management (SFM) console uses the Service Connectivity Management Protocol (SCMP) to communicate with IBM BPM.- Configure the Service Connectivity Management connectivity provider
You can configure all Service Connectivity Management (SCM) connectivity providers for your environment by using the administrative console.
- Service Connectivity Management usage of SCA modules
A SCA module is installed every time the Service Federation Management console creates a group proxy. You can view SCA modules on the Enterprise Application view and SCA module list of the administrative console.- Service Connectivity Management mapping to proxy gateways
A Service Connectivity Management (SCM) group proxy module is implemented as a proxy gateway within IBM BPM