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Kashif_Rana_493
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Apr 10, 2013

Load Balance Exchange 2010 Server

Hi All   I have three CAS servers. I want to load balance these three servers. I have only one virtual IP. Should I need to create three VS as below:   1- One VS for Outlook any where   2- O...
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Apr 17, 2013

Hi!

 

 

We recently deployed Exchange 2010 in our organization together with Big-IP LTM and APM.

 

I found some useful information in the exchange iapp deployment guide regarding setup of VIPs and what protocols are involved in the different exchange services.

 

http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-gu...app-dg.pdf

 

 

Which loadbalancing method to choose depends on how you would like to distribute clients depending on server load; Doing simple round robin, or one of the more intelligent methods.

 

 

For RPC we use a simple tcp monitor on port 135. The HTTP based services can be monitored by a simple http monitor, or by something more specific for each service. Again, it depends on your needs.

 

 

We used the iApp template for exchange 2010 to get a basic config and then made customizations to that.

 

That got us up and running pretty fast with monitors and loadbalancing methods for the services we had chosen.

 

 

/Andreas