A10 AX SERIES User Manual

Deployment Guide AX Series with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010v.1.1

Performance by Design10Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.3 Exchange Client Access Role - Outlook Web AppOutlook Web App (OWA) offer

Performance by Design11Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010b. Create Exchange OWA Health Check• Create a health monitor template to t

Performance by Design12Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010c. Create Exchange OWA Service Group• Create a TCP service group for the E

Performance by Design13Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010e. Import the IIS Server Public Cercate/Private Key onto the AXNote: To e

Performance by Design14Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via CLI: AX(cong)# slb template server-ssl OWA-Server-Sidef. Create E

Performance by Design15Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via CLI: AX(cong-slb vserver)#port 443 https AX(cong-slb vserver-vpor

Performance by Design16Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via CLI: AX(cong)#slb virtual-server Exchange-OWA AX(cong-slb vse

Performance by Design17Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via CLI: AX(cong)#health monitor hm-owa-http AX(cong-health:monito

Performance by Design18Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• In the OWA VIP, select the Service Group with HTTP servers ◦ Via Web GUI:

Performance by Design19Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• In the existing Exchange OWA Virtual Server, add port Type HTTP Port 80 w

Table of ContentsDeployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010DEPLOYMENT GUIDE AX Series with Microso Exchange Server 20101. Introducon ...

Performance by Design20Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• Assign the aFleX policy to the virtual server ◦ Via Web GUI: Cong > S

Performance by Design21Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010Validate the AX deployment:• Access the Exchange OWA via https://mail.examp

Performance by Design22Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010c. Validate AX deployment for Exchange OWA with SSL OoadValidate the statu

Performance by Design23Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010e. Validate Exchange OWA access with requests without “/owa”Validate the AX

Performance by Design24Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.4 Exchange Client Access Role – Exchange Control PanelExchange Control Pan

Performance by Design25Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.5 Exchange Client Access Role - Outlook AnywhereOutlook Anywhere offers Mi

Performance by Design26Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010d. Create Exchange OA persistence Note: Outlook is not a standard web brow

Performance by Design27Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010aFleX UIE persistence conguration:• Create an aFleX policy to dene the Ex

Performance by Design28Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010Source IP persistence conguration:• Create a Source-IP persistence templat

Performance by Design29Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Add port Type HTTPS Port 443 and select the Service Group, aFleX or Sourc

Performance by Design3Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.14.1 AX Conguraon with 1 VIP for OWA + OA + EAS Services Hosted on the

Performance by Design30Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010g. (Oponal) Ooad SSL on Exchange OA serversWith this option, end users st

Performance by Design31Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.5.2 Conguraon Validaona. Validate AX deployment for Exchange OA witho

Performance by Design32Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.6 Exchange Client Access role – Exchange ActiveSyncExchange ActiveSync off

Performance by Design33Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010d. Create Exchange EAS PersistenceNote: Most cell phones support cookies wi

Performance by Design34Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010e. Import the IIS server Public Cercate/Private Key onto the AXNote: You

Performance by Design35Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• Via CLI: AX(cong-slb vserver)#port 443 https AX(cong-slb vserver-vp

Performance by Design36Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.6.2 Conguraon Validaona. Validate AX Deployment for Exchange EAS Witho

Performance by Design37Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.7 Exchange Client Access Roles – RPCExchange RPC access offers end users

Performance by Design38Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010b. Create Exchange RPC Health Check• Create a health monitor template to t

Performance by Design39Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via CLI: AX(confi g)#slb service-group Exchange-RPC tcp AX(confi g-slb

Performance by Design4Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010  1. IntroduconMicrosoft Exchange Server is the cornerstone of Microsoft’s

Performance by Design40Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via CLI: AX(cong)# slb template tcp TCP-Aging-Time-rpc AX(cong-l4

Performance by Design41Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010And ◦ Via CLI: AX(cong)#access-list 100 permit tcp any any eq 135AX(cong)

Performance by Design42Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• Associate the ACL to the RPC VIP port Enter an ID for the ACL, Acon Perm

Performance by Design43Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.8 Exchange Client Access Roles – POP3Exchange POP3 offers end users a way

Performance by Design44Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010b. Create Exchange POP3 Health CheckAX supports the POP3 health checks. Ho

Performance by Design45Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010d. Create Exchange POP3 PersistenceExchange POP3 service does not require a

Performance by Design46Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010This is not the default Exchange conguration and we will not use the POP3 h

Performance by Design47Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• Create Exchange POP3 VIP ◦ Replace the VIP Port created in “step e” with

Performance by Design48Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010b. Validate AX deployment for Exchange with SSL ooadValidate the status of

Performance by Design49Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.9 Exchange Client Access Roles – IMAP4Exchange IMAP4 offers end users a w

Performance by Design5Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010  2. AX Deployment for Exchange Server 2010 RolesExchange has two roles when

Performance by Design50Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010b. Create Exchange IMAP4 Health CheckAX supports IMAP4 health checks. But w

Performance by Design51Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010d. Create Exchange IMAP4 PersistenceExchange IMAP4 service does not require

Performance by Design52Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010This is not the default Exchange conguration and we will not use IMAP healt

Performance by Design53Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• Via CLI: AX(cong-slb vserver)#port 993 ssl-proxy AX(cong-slb vserve

Performance by Design54Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.10 Exchange Client Access role – Exchange Web ServicesExchange Web Service

Performance by Design55Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.11 Exchange Client Access role – AutodiscoverAutodiscover allows you to a

Performance by Design56Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.12 Exchange Client Access role – Ofine Address Book distributionAn o

Performance by Design57Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.13 Exchange Edge Transport Server Role - SMTPExchange Edge Transport Serv

Performance by Design58Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010c. Create Exchange SMTP Service Group• Same as “Exchange Client Access rol

Performance by Design59Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• Via CLI: AX(cong)#slb template smtp STARTTLS-SMTP AX(cong-smtp)#ser

Performance by Design6Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.1 Lab diagramThe following diagram shows the network used for the congurat

Performance by Design60Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.13.2 Conguraon Validaona. Validate AX Deployment for Exchange SMTP wi

Performance by Design61Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010b. Validate AX deployment for Exchange SMTP With SSL OoadValidate the stat

Performance by Design62Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.14 Multiple Exchange Services with a Single VIPMicrosoft Exchange uses di

Performance by Design63Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010d. Create Exchange PersistenceNote: Since this VIP will be accessed by some

Performance by Design64Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010g. (Oponal) Ooad SSL on Exchange ServersWith this option, end users still

Performance by Design65Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010b. Create Exchange Health Check for Each Service• Outlook Web app ◦ Same a

Performance by Design66Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via Web GUI: Cong > Service > aFleX ◦ Via CLI: AX(cong)#import

Performance by Design67Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 ◦ Via Web GUI: Cong Mode > Service > SLB > Virtual Server > Po

Performance by Design68Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010• Create a health monitor template to test the availability of the Exchange

Performance by Design69Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.14.3 Conguraon Validaona. Validate AX deployment for Exchange without

Performance by Design7Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 20102.2 AX Conguration Summary2.2.1 AX Conguraon Summary - Exchange Client Acc

Performance by Design70Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010  3. Summary and ConclusionThe AX Series Advanced Trafc Manager enhances M

Performance by Design71Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010  A. Appendix - AX conguraonA.1. Exchange Client Access Role – Outlook We

Performance by Design72Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 template client-ssl OWA-Client-Side template persist cookie persi

Performance by Design73Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010!slb virtual-server Exchange-OWA 10.0.1.74 port 443 https service-gr

Performance by Design74Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.4. Exchange Client Access Role – Exchange ActiveSyncNote: The conguration

Performance by Design75Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.5. Exchange Client Access Role – RPCslb server Exchange1 10.0.2.161 port

Performance by Design76Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.6. Exchange Client Access Role – POP3Note: The conguration below is with

Performance by Design77Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.7. Exchange Client Access Role – IMAP4Note: The conguration below is with

Performance by Design78Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.8. Exchange Client Access Role – Exchange Web ServicesNote: The congurati

Performance by Design79Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.9. Exchange Client Access Role – AutodiscoverNote: The conguration below

Performance by Design8Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010RPC IP: Exchange ServerPort: 0 (all TCP)TCP (port 135)IP: IP accessed by cli

Performance by Design80Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.10. Exchange Client Access Role – Ofine Address Book distributionNote:•

Performance by Design81Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.12. Exchange Client Access Role – Multiple Exchange Services with a Single

Performance by Design82Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010A.13. Exchange Client Access Role – Multiple Exchange Services with a Single

Performance by Design83Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 health-check hm-oa-http member Exchange1-OA:80 member Exchange2-OA

Performance by Design84Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 port 25 tcp port 0 tcp no health-check!health monitor hm-exchan

Performance by Design85Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 key OWA-cert-key!slb template client-ssl SMTP-Client-Side cert OWA-cert

Performance by Design9Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange Server 2010Same VIP for multiple services using same serversIP: Exchange ServerPort: 44