F5 Lync iApp with Cisco firewalls

I was also dumbfounded by this until I found this thread and set the Big-IP as the Edge server external interface default gateway. Thanks for the info!

 

 

Since doing this I've noticed ALL A/V traffic is passing in and out of the VIP setup for the edge a/v services. It works but is not exactly ideal from a networking perspective. Is this additional forwarding VIP needed to enable direct communication with the Edge servers? I read the instructions in this thread:

 

 

1. Create a New protocol profile based off of the FastL4 template profile. Enable 'Loose Initiation' and 'Loose Close' on this new profile.

 

2. Create a new VIP with the following characteristics (Network, Destination = 0.0.0.0, Netmask = 0.0.0.0, Forwarding(IP), and the new client profile you created above.

 

 

Being new to F5, I'm somewhat unclear on the second step. Are there any additional configuration options that have to be set; how does this get associated with the Edge servers IP's. Apologies if I'm not understanding this properly.

 

 

Thanks for any help

 

Brian