Gateway Deployment Options

Tobias Griebe, Mirjam Backes | Product Management | SAP P&I HANA Platform I/O Gateway
May, 2014
SAP Gateway Deployment Options

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What You Will Learn in This Video
Goal Find the ideal deployment approach for your existing landscape
and use case
Audience System landscape architects and system administrators
Level General overview with few technical details
Agenda Separation NetWeaver 7.40 versus older NetWeaver releases and system
prerequisites
The three deployment options
Further information

Which Prerequisites Your System Needs to Fulfill
Option A: < NW7.40
 you need to deploy the components GW_CORE, IW_FND and IW_BEP
SAP Gateway server functionalities SAP Gateway backend functionalities
NW7.31 and earlier GW_CORE, IW_FND IW_BEP
as of NW740 SAP_GWFND SAP_GWFND
SAP NetWeaver Gateway 2.0 Support Package stack definition
http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1942072
SAP Note
1942072:
Option B: NW7.40
 which includes SAP_GWFND
(containing functions of GW_CORE, IW_FND and IW_BEP)

The Three Deployment Options
1. SAP Gateway hub deployment
with service development in the SAP Business Suite backend
2. SAP Gateway hub deployment
with service development in the SAP Gateway hub
3. SAP Business Suite embedded deployment and service development

Gateway Hub
OData Runtime
SAP Business Suite
GW_CORE and IW_FND or
SAP_GWFND
Hub Deployment with Service Development in the SAP Business Suite Backend
SAP Gateway
system acts as a
communication end
point.
Service development
takes place in the
SAP Business Suite
backend system.
RFC
BOR WF SPI
HTTP
Consumers
Advantages of this scenario:
• Routing and composition of multiple
systems is supported
• Single point of access to backend
systems
• Hub system can be based on a newer
release (7.31 or 7.40) that supports
additional authentication options
(Kerberos, SAML Browser protocol)
• Hub system can be based on a newer
release (7.31 or 7.40) that supports
SAPUI5
• Enhanced security because of no direct
access to the backend system
• Direct local access to metadata (DDIC)
and business data, meaning easy reuse
of data
BW GENIL
OData Design Time & Service Provider Runtime
IW_BEP or SAP_GWFND
RFC

Hub Deployment with Service Development in the SAP Gateway Hub
SAP Gateway system
acts as a
communication end
point.
Service development
takes place in the SAP
Gateway hub system.
SAP Business Suite
backend systems are
not touched.
Gateway Hub
OData Runtime & OData Design Time & Service Provider Runtime
SAP Business
Suite
SAP_GWFND
RFC
IW_BEP or SAP_GWFND
BOR WF SPI
HTTP
Consumers
GENILBWRFC
Advantages of this scenario in addition to
the ones mentioned in the 1st scenario:
 No need to install (and upgrade) SAP
Gateway components in the backend
 Services developed by partners do not
need any deployment in the backend
systems
Disadvantages:
 Access is limited to remote-enabled
interfaces (RFC function modules, BAPIs,
BW Easy Queries, SPI Objects)
 Remote-enabled interfaces might not be
optimally suited (e.g. they might not offer
appropriate filter options)
 GENIL objects cannot be accessed
remotely
 Additional server needed for SAP Gateway
 No direct local access to metadata (DDIC)
and business data, meaning reuse of data
is limited to remote access as mentioned
above

SAP Business Suite
Embedded SAP Business Suite Deployment and Service Development
Service development
takes place in the
SAP Business Suite
backend system that
is the same as the
SAP Gateway
system.
Additional security
component needed
for extranet
scenarios.
HTTP
Consumers
Advantages:
• Less runtime overhead as remote
calls are reduced
Disadvantages:
• If multiple SAP Business Suite
systems are used, SAP Gateway
system would have to be configured
multiple times
• If embedded deployment is chosen,
the system must not be used as a
hub for additional backend systems.
As a result Routing and composition
cannot be used.
• Upgrade of components in a SAP
Business Suite backend system is
usually only possible once or twice a
year for larger companies
BOR WF SPIBW GENILRFC
OData Runtime & Design Time & Service Provider Runtime
SAP_GWFND
IW_BEP or SAP_GWFND

Further Information
Blog ‘Deployment Options in a Nutshell’
http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-gateway/blog/2013/05/27/sap-netweaver-gateway-deployment-options-
in-a-nutshell
SAP Help Portal
http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw74/helpdata/en/3e/b1ea508f88bb7ee10000000a445394/content.htm?frameset=/e
n/93/338c8dde0245f4b514e4d00f879b48/frameset.htm
SAP Community Network / SAP NetWeaver Gateway
http://scn.sap.com/community/netweaver-gateway
SAP Gateway Self-Paced Learning
http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=318672261

Further Information
Book now available as print and e-book edition!
http://www.sap-press.com/products/OData-and-SAP-NetWeaver-Gateway.html
 Get the basics on the OData protocol and REST development paradigm
 Learn how to create OData services via service development and generation
 Explore examples of applications built using OData services and
SAP NetWeaver Gateway
 With a foreword by Dr. Vishal Sikka

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