Forum Discussion
- jameshendergartHistoric F5 AccountUpdating this form post with the latest Lync deployment guidance as of today 4/5/2012
- mduhra_57359NimbostratusHi James, I'm setting up MS Lync 2010 now and noticed the new iApp template in DevCentral. I've downloaded it, but before I go ahead and try upgrading it. Is there a way to determine what version of the iApp my LTM currently running.
- mikeshimkus_111Historic F5 AccountHey there, if this is the first time you've downloaded the Lync template from DevCentral, then you are using the version of the iApp that shipped with BIG-IP v11.1. There are a number of issues with overwriting the Lync iApp with the new template, so you will need to deploy the template in parallel with your existing deployment. To avoid IP address conflicts, you can either deploy the new iApp with different virtual server IP addresses and reconfigure DNS when you are done, or change the IP addresses in the existing deployment before beginning with the new template. Please follow up and let us know how it goes.
- Robert_James_10NimbostratusHi guys, As Lync requires some for of reverse proxy is anyone working on a guide and iApp template that includes APM in place of TMG? We'd like to go down this road but would prefer the template and guide. I know there is guides (and this template) that include the reverse proxy setup for use with TMG and iRules as an alternative, but it would be nice to have an F5 one stop solution.
- mikeshimkus_111Historic F5 AccountRobert,
- Shahram_83722Nimbostratus
- mikeshimkus_111Historic F5 AccountHi Sharam, the blog post James mentioned above describes why you want to avoid NATing those services. Lync will be unable to set up peer to peer communications between clients, therefore it will need to proxy all of these connections through the Edge servers. It should work, though, as long as you configure the Edge servers to be aware of the public address used by the NAT.
- Shahram_83722NimbostratusOh, just to clarify, this is the 'edge' portion only. I already have the internal (front end and directors) working. We also have the proxy server all set up and working.
- mikeshimkus_111Historic F5 AccountAlthough I haven't tested that scenario personally, I know of deployments that are working with SNAT. Keep us updated on how it goes.
- Robert_James_10NimbostratusShahram,