High availability and the 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

You can install one or more instances of the 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 to add additional instances of the device connectivity components to your organization’s domain. This includes BSCP traffic for enterprise connectivity and 

BlackBerry Dynamics

 traffic for 

BlackBerry Dynamics

 devices. Each 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 contains the following 

BlackBerry UEM

 components: 

BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus

, the 

BlackBerry Gatekeeping Service

, the 

BlackBerry Secure Gateway

, 

BlackBerry Proxy

, and the 

BlackBerry Cloud Connector

.

Each 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 provides another active instance of these components to the 

BlackBerry UEM

 domain that can process and manage secure device connections. For information about installing a 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

, see the the Installation and upgrade content.

You can also create server groups. A server group contains one or more instances of the 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

. When you create a server group, you specify the regional data path that you want the components to use to connect to the 

BlackBerry Infrastructure

. For example, you can create a server group to direct device connections for 

BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus

 and the 

BlackBerry Secure Gateway

 to use the path for the United States to the 

BlackBerry Infrastructure

. You can associate email and enterprise connectivity profiles with a server group. Any device that is assigned those profiles uses that server group’s regional connection to the 

BlackBerry Infrastructure

 when it uses any of the components of the 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

.

Optionally, you can designate each 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

 in a server group to handle a single connection type: 

BlackBerry Secure Connect Plus

 only, 

BlackBerry Secure Gateway

 only, or 

BlackBerry Proxy

 only. This frees up server resources to allow fewer servers required for the same number of users or containers.

If a server group contains multiple instances of the 

BlackBerry Connectivity Node

, devices can use any instance that is running. Device connections are load balanced across the available instances in the group. If no instances are available, devices cannot use those components for secure connections. At least one of the instances must be available.