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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 right portion of the screen, click the Create button.
The New Pool screen opens.
3. From the Configuration list, select Advanced.
The advanced configuration options appear.
4. In the Name box, enter a name for your pool.
In our example, we use ap_pool_inside.
5. In the Health Monitors section, select the name of the monitor you
created in the Configuring a health monitor section, and click the
Add (<<) button. In our example, we select ap_monitor.
6. The other fields in the Configuration section are optional. Configure
these fields as applicable for your network. (For additional
information about configuring a pool, click the Help button.)
7. In the Resources section, from the Load Balancing Method list,
choose your preferred load balancing method (different load
balancing methods may yield optimal results for a particular
network).
For this configuration, we recommend selecting Least Connections.
8. In the New Members section, you add the IP address and service of
the Access Proxy servers to the pool.
a) In the Address box, type the IP address of the internal interface
of the Access Proxy server.
In our example, we type 10.10.10.100.
b) In the Service Port box, type the service number you want to use
for this device, or specify a service by choosing a service name
from the list. In our example, we type 5061.
Note: If you are using HTTPS tunneling, use 443 for the service.
c) Click the Add button to add the member to the list.
d) Repeat steps a-c for each Access Proxy device you want to add to
the pool. In our example, we repeat these steps once for the other
external interface of the Access Proxy: 10.10.10.101.
9. Click the Finished button.
Creating a pool for the next hop server in the enterprise network
The next step is to create a pool to access the next hop server in the
enterprise network. The next hop server could be the IP address of a
Standard Edition server or the virtual IP address of an Enterprise Edition
pool. The Standard Edition server or the Enterprise Edition pool could be
acting as Directors.