Page 2 - Prerequisites and configuration notes
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 Communications Server 2005 Enterprise Edition with the F5 BIG-IP® application traffic ...
Page 3 - Configuration example
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the 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 Live Communications Servers communicate with a single back-end...
Page 4 - bigpipe; Connecting to the BIG-IP device; Yes
3 Configuring the BIG-IP and Live Communications Server for deployment To configure the BIG-IP and Live Communications Server for integration, you need to complete the following procedures: • Connecting to the BIG-IP device • Creating a VLAN • Creating a self IP • Configuring a health monitor • Crea...
Page 5 - Creating a VLAN; To create a VLAN
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the 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 BIG-IP LTM system, the Welcome screen of the new Configuration utility open...
Page 6 - Creating a self IP; To create a self IP address using the Configuration utility; Configuring a health monitor; To configure a health monitor
5 Creating a self IP Self IP addresses are the IP addresses owned by the BIG-IP LTM system that you use to access the internal and external 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 ...
Page 7 - Creating pools
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the 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 the Type list, select TCP . T...
Page 8 - Creating the TLS pool
7 on the BIG-IP device that contain the Live Communications Servers, one for TLS (Transport Layer Security) traffic 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 . Th...
Page 10 - Creating the RPC pool
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 the Configuration list, select Advanced . The ad...
Page 11 - Creating a profile; Creating the TCP profile; To create a new TCP profile
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the 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 controlling the behavior of ...
Page 12 - Finished; Creating virtual servers; Creating the TLS virtual server; To create the TLS virtual server; Local Traffic; Create
11 8. Click the Finished button. Figure 7 Creating the TCP profile For more information on creating or modifying profiles, or applying profiles in general, see the BIG-IP documentation. Creating virtual servers A virtual server with its virtual address is the visible, routable entity through which t...
Page 14 - Creating the RPC virtual server; To create the RPC virtual server; Creating a wildcard virtual server; To create the wildcard virtual server
13 10. Click the Finished button. For additional information about configuring a virtual server, click the Help button. 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 cli...
Page 15 - Creating a SNAT
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 14 7. In the Configuration section, from the Type list, select Forwarding (IP) . 8. From the Protocol list, select All Protocols . 9. From the VLAN Traffic list, make sure that All VLA...
Page 16 - To create a SNAT; To synchronize the configuration
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. F...
Page 21 - Prerequisites; Configuring the outside BIG-IP LTM system
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the 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 Communications ...
Page 22 - Creating the self IP on the outside BIG-IP LTM system
21 • Creating the self IP on the outside BIG-IP LTM system • Configuring a health monitor • Creating a pool for the Access Proxy devices 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 ...
Page 25 - Creating the virtual server on the outside BIG-IP LTM system; Creating a SNAT on the outside BIG-IP LTM system
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the 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 following virtual server on the BIG-IP devices to load balance...
Page 26 - Configuring the inside BIG-IP LTM system; Creating self IPs on the inside BIG-IP LTM system; Creating the pools on the inside BIG-IP LTM system
25 Configuring the inside BIG-IP LTM system The next section of this deployment is to configure the inside 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 LTM system • Creating the hea...
Page 27 - Creating a pool for the next hop server in the enterprise network
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 26 To create a pool for the Access 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...
Page 29 - Creating a virtual server for the next hop pool
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the F5 BIG-IP LTM System v9 BIG-IP® Deployment Guide 28 Creating the TCP profile The next step is to create a TCP profile. To create this TCP profile, use the procedure Creating the TCP profile , on page 23. Creating the virtual servers ...
Page 30 - Creating a default SNAT on the inside BIG-IP LTM system; Synchronizing the BIG-IP configuration
29 a pool for the next hop server in the enterprise network , on page 26. In our example, this is internal_nexthop_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 inside BIG-IP LTM s...
Page 31 - Saving and restoring the BIG-IP configuration; To restore a BIG-IP configuration; System Admin
Deploying Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and the 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 configuration before you begin this configuration. When you save the BIG-IP conf...
Page 32 - Restore a Configuration; Restore; View Log
31 3. In the Restore a Configuration section, choose the configuration file you want to restore from the list box, or type the path where your configuration files were saved. 4. Click the Restore button. To check the status of the restoration, click the View Log button. You should wait a few moments...
