Exchange 2010 Client Access Array and Load Balancing Resources
This Exchange wiki page includes links to Microsoft and community articles/documents/papers, that explains what Exchange 2010 Client Access arrays (CAS arrays) are all about and how you configure them according to best practice recommendations. In addition, it provides links to white papers from vendors that offer hardware-based or virtual load balancer solutions that can be used to load balance Exchange 2010 CAS array sessions.
Note
This page lists the Server Hardware Load Balancer (HLB) partners that has completed interoperability qualification testing with Exchange Server 2010 and contains pointers to accompanying deployment white papers hosted by the partner (links to partner and non-partner white papers can also be found under the vendor section in the bottom of this wiki page).
Microsoft (official)
- Understanding RPC Client Access
- Understanding the Address Book Service
- Understanding Load Balancing in Exchange 2010
- Load Balancing Requirements of Exchange Protocols
- Microsoft Unified Communications Hardware Load Balancer Deployment
- Exploring Exchange 2010 RPC Client Access service
- Publishing Exchange Server 2010 with Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 and Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010
- Combining Web Farm publishing with Software or Hardware Based Load Balanced CAS arrays
TechNet Videos
Community Articles and Blog Posts
- Uncovering the new RPC Client Access Service in Exchange 2010 (Part 1)
- Uncovering the new RPC Client Access Service in Exchange 2010 (Part 2)
- Uncovering the new RPC Client Access Service in Exchange 2010 (Part 3)
- Uncovering the new RPC Client Access Service in Exchange 2010 (Part 4)
- Load Balancing Exchange 2010 Client Access Servers using an Hardware Load Balancer Solution (Part 1)
- Load Balancing Exchange 2010 Client Access Servers using an Hardware Load Balancer Solution (Part 2)
- Load Balancing Exchange 2010 Client Access Servers using an Hardware Load Balancer Solution (Part 3)
- Exchange 2010 SP1: Change to how static ports are assigned on a CAS server
- Exchange 2010 RTM High Availability Load Balancing Options
Vendor Documentation
- Deploying F5 with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
- Deploying the Barracuda Load Balancer with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
- Citrix NetScaler Deployment Guide for Microsoft Exchange 2010
- Cisco UCS and Application Delivery for Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualization of Exchange 2010 with NetApp Storage
- Deploying the Brocade ServerIron ADX with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
- Kemp LoadMaster Deployment Guide for Exchange 2010
- Radware alteon Exchange 2010 Integration Guide
Load Balancer Sizing Tools
See Also
- [[Exchange 2010 Client Access Array Resources]] (this page)
- Configuring Static RPC Ports on an Exchange 2010 Client Access Server
- [[How to configure SSL Offloading in Exchange 2010]]