It is assumed that the reader is a network administrator or a person otherwise familiar with networking and general computer terminology. It is further assumed that the Exchange 2010 environment has been set up and the LoadMaster has been installed.

The LoadMaster documentation is available here: LoadMaster documentation page.

At a minimum, you should have:

  • Installed the Microsoft Servers, Active Directories and followed other Microsoft requirements
  • Installed the LoadMaster on the same network as the servers.
  • Established access to the LoadMaster Web User Interface (WUI)
  • Created a Client Access array using the “New-ClientAccessArray” cmdlet (see steps at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee332317.aspx).

We recommend changing the default gateway on the Real Servers to point to the LoadMaster. This allows accurate server-side access logging of client IP addressing. We recommend performing this change during a maintenance window to avoid disruption of customer traffic.