SMS: Sender Routing in Multi-Tiered Hierarchies

This article summarizes how packages that are configured and sent at a central site are sent down to grandchild sites. The following hierarchy example is used in this article:

Central Site
|
Primary Child Site
|
Secondary Child Site (grandchild to the central site)

A package that is configured at a central site and that is destined for all child sites below it, is sent directly to each child site. However, if the central site does not have an address to the grandchild site, or if the address is unavailable (due to scheduling configuration), the central site sends the package through the grandchild's direct parent. This is called routing.

Routing through the direct parent site is recommended in low bandwidth environments where the child and the grandchild share the same link to the central site (such as through dial-up or RAS). Routing is also recommended for ISDN environments that are billed by connection time, as it prevents the same package information from being sent twice over the same link.

For more information about senders and addresses, please refer to the Configuring Site Communications section of the Administrator's Guide, Chapter 8. For information about scheduling, please refer to the following Help file topics:

• Standard Sender Address Properties Dialog Box: General Tab
• Standard Sender Address Properties Dialog Box: Schedule Tab