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Raman_75055
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Sep 03, 2010

F5 with mixed Exchange 2007 and 2010 Client Access Servers

Hello,   We are new on F5 devices. My question as follows: -     Currently all are users on Exchange 2007. We have Exchange 2010 servers as well in our environment. Exchange 2010 Client Acc...
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Michael_Koyfma1
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Dec 23, 2011
jlarosa,

 

 

Indeed we have quite a few customers where we helped them solve a problem like your using LTM+APM combination. The reason you need APM for this is because it is responsible not just for pre-authenticating user, but also does a lookup on the user's attribute to see which version of Exchange the user is on and then in combination with the small iRule directs traffic to the right pool - 2007 or 2010.

 

 

F5 Consulting Services has done quite a few of these implementations, and can help make it a smooth process for you. Also, APM-Lite is included in every version of LTM(up to 10 concurrent users), so you can just provision APM-Lite and try out APM in front of Exchange to see how it works(just follow the instructions in guide for v10.2.x - v11 guide has not been updated yet.

 

 

And please post here and let us know how things are going and if you need any additional help.