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 Microsoft Lync Server 2013 environment has been set up and the LoadMaster has been installed.

Other LoadMaster documentation can be referred to as needed from the LoadMaster documentation.

The minimum requirements that should be met before proceeding are as follows:

  • Installed LoadMaster LTS firmware version or above
  • Configured and published Microsoft Lync Server architecture with Lync Topology builder
  • Installed the Microsoft Servers, Active Directories and followed other Microsoft requirements
  • Configured internal and external DNS entries for Front-End, Director and Edge pools
  • Established access to the LoadMaster Web User Interface (WUI)