Technical Requirements for IM and Presence
Topic Last Modified: 2011-05-11
Instant messaging (IM) and presence always run on Front End Servers. This section details the hardware and software requirements for Front End Servers and Back End Servers, and the supported collocation scenarios for Front End Servers.
Hardware Requirements for Front End Servers
The hardware requirements for Front End Server are the same as for many other server roles in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 communications software. The following table outlines these requirements.
Hardware Requirements for Front End Servers
Hardware component | Minimum requirement |
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CPU |
|
Memory |
16 gigabytes (GB) |
Disk |
|
Network |
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Software Requirements for Front End Servers
The Front End Server role can be deployed only on servers running Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Edition.
You can use any of the following 64-bit operating systems for all roles of Lync Server 2010 Enterprise Edition, including Front End Server, A/V Conferencing Server, Director, Mediation Server, Edge Server, Archiving Server, and Monitoring Server:
The Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard operating system
The Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise operating system
The Windows Server 2008 Standard operating system with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
The Windows Server 2008 Enterprise operating system with SP2
Hardware Requirements for Back End Servers
The hardware requirements for Back End Server as follows:
Hardware Requirements for Back End Servers
Hardware component | Minimum requirement |
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CPU |
|
Memory |
32 gigabytes (GB) |
Disk |
For a direct attached system drive:
For direct attached data storage:
|
Network |
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Software Requirements for Back End Servers
The Back End Servers must run one of the following 64-bit versions of Microsoft SQL Server:
SQL Server 2008 Enterprise with Service Pack 1 (SP1) (required) or latest service pack (recommended) (64-bit)
SQL Server 2008 Standard with SP1 (required) or latest service pack (recommended) (64-bit)
SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise with SP1 (required) or latest service pack (recommended) (64-bit)
SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard with SP1 (required) or latest service pack (recommended) (64-bit)
SQL Server 2005 Enterprise with Service Pack 3 (SP3) (required) or latest service pack (recommended) (64-bit)
SQL Server 2005 Standard with SP3 (required) or latest service pack (recommended) (64-bit)
Supported Collocation
The Front End Server role can be collocated with A/V Conferencing Server and Mediation Server. It cannot be collocated with Edge Server, Director, Monitoring Server, or Archiving Server.