Administration Console must be installed before installing any other Access Manager devices. If iManager is installed for other products, you still need to install this version on a separate server. Administration Console is installed with an embedded version of eDirectory, which is used as the configuration store for Access Manager.
For a functioning system, you need Administration Console for configuration and management, Identity Server for authentication, and Access Gateway for protecting resources.
After you install Administration Console, the installation scripts for other components (Identity Server and Access Gateway) auto-import their configurations into Administration Console.
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For information about installing a secondary Administration Console and fault tolerance, see Installing Secondary Administration Console in the NetIQ Access Manager 5.0 Administration Guide.