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 you have set up your Microsoft Lync Server 2010 environment and have installed your LoadMaster.

At a minimum, you should have:

  • At least LoadMaster firmware 5.1-74
  • Configured and published Microsoft Lync Server architecture with Lync Topology builder
  • Installed your 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)
  • Tested the Microsoft Lync 2010 Server on voice, Instant Messaging (IM), Presence, Desktop Collaboration and Audio Visual (AV) conferencing applications. Testing should have been performed for both internal and external users
  • Tested using Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Server with the 64-bit Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition Version 2008 R2.
  • Ensured that all Lync 2010 Server Components are running on Windows 2008 R2 (64-bit) Standard Edition Server Operating System.
  • Ensured that Lync Clients are running on a Windows 7 Operating System