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Deployment Guide Deploying Microsoft Of fice Live Communications Server 2005 and the F5 BIG-IP L TM System v9[...]

1 Introducing the BIG-IP and Live Communications Server 2005 Enterprise Edition configuration Microsoft® and F5 have collaborated on a highly effective way to intelligently direct traffic for Microsoft Office Live Commun ications Server 2005 Enterprise Edit ion with the F5 BIG-IP® appli cation traffic management device. Microsoft an d F5 Networks[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 2 Configuration example The Live Communications Server 2005 Enterprise Edition introduces the concept of a pool. Multiple Li ve Communications Se rvers communicate with a single back-end SQL Serv er (or cluster of servers). Pool is [...]

3 Configuring the BIG-IP and Live Communications Server for deployment To configure the BIG-IP and Live Communications Server for integ ration, you need to com plete the following procedures: • Connecting to the BIG-I P device • Creating a VLAN • Creating a self IP • Configuring a health monit or • Creating pools • Creating a profile ?[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 4 2. Type your user name and password, and click OK . The Welcome screen opens. Once you are logged onto the BI G-IP LTM system, the Welcome screen of the new Configuration utility open s. From the Configuration u tility, you can co[...]

5 Creating a self IP Self IP addresses are the IP addres ses owned by the BI G-IP LTM system that you use to access the internal and ex ternal VLANs. The next step in this configuration is to create a self IP address for the VLAN we created in the preceding procedure. To create a self IP address using the Co nfiguration utility 1. On the Main tab, [...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 6 2. Click the Create button. The New Monitor screen opens. 3. In the Name box, type a name for the Monitor. In our example, we type lcs_monitor . 4. From th e Type list, select TCP . The TCP Monitor configuration options appear. 5.[...]

7 on the BIG-IP device that contain the Live Communications Servers, one for TLS (Transport Layer Secu rity) traffi c and one for RPC (Remote Procedure Call) traffic. Creating the TLS pool The first pool we create is for TLS traffic. 1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic , and then click Pools . The Pool screen opens. 2. In the upper right porti[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 8 8. In the Resources section, from the Load Balancing Method list, choose your preferred load bala ncing method (different load balancing methods may yi eld optimal results for a particular network). For this configuration, we reco[...]

9 Creating the RPC pool The next pool is for RPC traffic. 1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic , and then click Pools . The Pool screen opens. 2. In the upper right portion of the screen, click the Create button. The New Pool screen opens. 3. From th e Configuration list, select Advanced . The advanced configuration o ptions appear. 4. In the N[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 10 Creating a profile BIG-IP version 9.0 and later uses profiles. A profile is an object that contains user-configurable settings, with default values, for co ntrolling the behavior of a particular t ype of netw ork traffic, such as[...]

11 8. Click the Finish ed button. Figure 7 Creating the TCP profile For more inf ormation on creatin g or mo difying profiles, or applying profiles in general, see the BIG-IP documentation. Creating virtual servers A virtual server with its virt ual address is the visible, routabl e entity through which the Live Communications Servers in a load bal[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 12 3. In the Name box, type a name for this virtual server. In our example, we type tls_virtual . 4. In the Destination section, select the Host option button. 5. In the Address box, type the IP address of this virtual serv er. In o[...]

13 10. Click the Finished button. For additional informat ion about configuring a vir tual server, click the Help butto n. Creating the RPC virtual server The next virtual server we create references the rpc_pool . To create the RPC virtual server 1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic , and then click Virtual Servers . The Virtual Servers screen[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 14 7. In the Configuratio n section, from th e Type list, select Forwar ding (IP) . 8. From the Protocol list, select All Protocols . 9. From th e VLAN Traffic list, make sure that All VLANS is selected (see Figure 9). 10. Click the[...]

15 To create a SNAT 1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic , and then click SNATs . The SNATs screen opens. 2. In the upper right portion of the screen, click the Create button. The New SNAT screen opens. 3. In the Name box, type a name for this SNAT. In our example, we type lcs_defaultSNAT . 4. From th e Translation l ist, select a setting appro[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 16 In a redundant configuration , you also need to configure a Floatin g Self IP address for the VLAN on both devices. To create this Floating Self IP address, follow the procedure Creating a self I P , on page 5, but check the Floa[...]

17 Using Access Proxy and Director with the BIG-IP LTM system for remote access The Live Communications Server 2005 produ ct allows the network of an organization to federate (peer) with other Li ve Communications Server-enabled networks for core presence and instant messaging. This feature is enabled using a pr oxy server, Microsoft® Office Live [...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 18 WA R N I N G There are a wide variety of ways to deploy the BIG-IP LTM system with Access Proxy and Director devices , and the configurati on depends on your network configuration. The following procedures give a base exam ple, h[...]

19 Configuration example In this configurati on, th ere are BIG-IP devices on both s ides of the array of Access Proxy devices, to direct traffic for inbound and outbound traffic. Figure 12 BIG-IP LTM systems with Acce ss Proxy and Director devices Tip To configure the BIG-IP LTM system to provide high availability for firewalls, we recommend a BIG[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 20 Prerequisites The following are prerequisites to the Access Proxy configuration. ◆ In the following procedures, we assume you have already created pools for the Live Communication s Servers, as shown in Creating pools , on page[...]

21 • Creating the self IP on the outsid e BIG-IP LTM system • Configuring a health monit or • Creating a pool for the Access Proxy d e vices on the outside BIG-IP LTM system • Creating the TCP profile • Creating the virtual server on the outside BIG-IP LTM system • Creating a SNAT on the outside BIG-IP LTM system Creating the self IP on[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 22 Configuring a health monitor The next step in this configuration is to configure a health moni tor on the BIG-IP LTM system for the Access Proxy devices. To configure a health monitor 1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic , an[...]

23 6. The other fields in the Config uration section are o ptional. Configure these fields as applicable for your network. (For additional information about configuri ng a pool, click the Help button.) 7. In the Resources section, from the Load Balancing Method list, choose your preferred load bala ncing method (different load balancing methods may[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 24 Creating the virtual server on the outside BIG-IP LTM system After you define the pool, the next step is to define the followin g virtual server on the BIG-IP devices to load balance the traffic to the Access Proxy pool. To creat[...]

25 Configuring the inside BIG-IP LTM system The next section of this deployment is to configure the in side BIG-IP LTM system (as shown in Figure 12). On the inside BIG-IP LTM system, you need to complete the following procedures: • Creating self IPs on the inside BIG-IP LT M system • Creating the health monit or on the inside BIG-IP LTM system[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 26 To create a pool for the Ac cess Proxy devices from the Configuration utility 1. On the Main tab, expand Local Traffic , and then click Pools . The Pool screen opens. 2. In the upper right portion of the screen, click the Create [...]

27 A Director is a Pool (typically a Enterprise Edition serv er) with no locally homed users, and acts as a authorizat ion/AD-routin g proxy for outsid e users and domains, protecting internal Li ve Communications Servers against unauthenticated SIP traffic. A Director is typicall y needed when there are outside users and multiple pools (or servers[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 28 Creating the TCP profile The next step is to create a TCP prof ile. To create this TCP profile, use the procedure Creating the TCP profile , on page 23. Creating the virtual servers on the inside BIG-IP LTM system After you creat[...]

29 a pool for the next hop server in the enterpri se network , on page 26. In our example, this is internal_n exthop_pool , the virtual server IP address is 10.10.10.200 with a service of 5061 . Creating a default SNAT on the inside BIG-IP LTM system To create a default SNAT on the in side BIG-IP LTM system, follow the procedure Creating a SN AT on[...]

Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and th e F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 30 Appendix A: Backing up and restoring the BIG-IP system configuration We recommend saving your BIG-IP conf i guration before you begin th is configuration. When you save the BI G-IP configuration, it collects the following critica[...]

31 3. In the Restore a Configuration section, choose the configuration file you want to restore from the list box, or type the pat h where your configuration files were saved. 4. Click the Restore button. To check the status of th e restoration, click the View Log button . You should wait a few moments for the log file to start generating before yo[...]