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Newbie2012_1655's avatar
Newbie2012_1655
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Aug 02, 2014

Basic question on F5 Load Balancer settings

Hello

 

I am running an application that connects to Microsoft Exchange 2010 via an F5 Load Balancer. Our application is MAPI based and basically functions as a MAPI client that needs to connect to Exchange, the same as Outlook, except there are hundreds of MAPI connections to Exchange per our application server.

 

Exchange has a CAS array (cas-ny.domain.com) behind which sit several Exchange CAS servers.

 

cas-ny.domain.com is a virtual hostname/IP that is fronted by the F5.

 

I understand there are several settings on the F5 that are relevant to my application:

 

Session Timeout Keep Alive Polling Interval Session Persistence

 

Could someone explain how they relate to my application?

 

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management

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  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Aug 02, 2014

    If you've got tmos v11 then you could download the latest exchange iApp and configure a mapi VS using the iApp template. At least this will show u the recommended f5 setup for Exchange, persistence etc...

     

  • Newbie2012_1655's avatar
    Newbie2012_1655
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    Aug 02, 2014

    Hello Nathan

     

    Thanks for answering. I'm not actually from the team that manages the F5, I'm from the application side, just wanted to understand a bit more about the the F5 side :)