If you used IBM Passport Advantage

If you acquired licenses for IBM® Sametime® using the IBM Passport Advantage® website, then register your IBM Sametime Gateway directly using the Sametime Provisioning Application.

Before you begin

Before you begin, collect the following information:

  • The primary contact for your site. The primary contact is the person who is entering into the Passport Advantage or Passport Advantage Express® contractual relationship with IBM on behalf of your company. IBM communicates directly with this person on issues such as Agreement modification and so forth. This person may be a procurement or purchasing professional.
  • Your Passport Advantage site number.
  • Your IBM Sametime Gateway Server name. This can be any name that you assign to Sametime Gateway Server Gateway Server.
  • Your Sametime Gateway Server Gateway Server host name.
  • Your Sametime Gateway Server Gateway Server port number.
  • Your Sametime Gateway Server Gateway Server SSL certificate common name.
  • Your Sametime Gateway Server Gateway Server SSL certificate issuer (VeriSign, Comodo, Thawte, and so on).
  • An email address for you to be notified when provisioned.
  • The Sametime community domains that you want to expose to the instant messaging service.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to the The Sign in page for the Sametime Provisioning Application to access the Sametime Provisioning Application.
  2. Type your IBM ID and password:
    • If you do not have an IBM ID and password, click the register link. You receive your web identity when you complete the registration.
    • If your web identity is not affiliated with a Passport Online Advantage site, you will be redirected to a self-nomination site where you should use the information you collected before starting this procedure. Unless you know you are the primary contact for your site, please select No when prompted "I believe I am the Primary Contact for this Site." Once you have completed the self-nomination form, the Primary Contact for your site must process the form. When you receive a self-nomination approval by email, go to The sign in page for the Sametime Provisioning Application and start the provisioning process.
    Once your web identity is verified, the system checks whether you are a Sametime customer that is entitled to deploy the Sametime Gateway Server.
  3. If you are entitled to deploy Sametime Gateway Server, enter the information needed by the instant messaging service.
  4. Submit the provisioning form. After the instant messaging service receives your information and adds your site, you will receive an email notification from IBM that you have been provisioned. This can take up to seven business days.
  5. Before accessing a public instant messaging service through the Sametime Gateway Server, you are required to agree to the terms of service or end-user license agreement for such public instant messaging services and IBM is not a party to any such agreement.