Frank_Sweetser_
Apr 23, 2008Nimbostratus
Single virtual IP address for all Exchange 2007 HTTP services?
I've been reading through the Exchange 2007 deployment guide at
http://www.f5.com/pdf/deployment-guides/f5-exchange07-dg.pdf
Overall I think I have a pretty good handle on how that configuration is put together, but there's a snag with it against our current configuration. Right now, users use a single hostname ('exchange') for all three of the web based services (OWA, Outlook Anywhere, and ActiveSync). In the deployment guide, however, each of the three services sits behind a different virtual IP address.
I'm assuming that this is done because of the different persistence requirements. Specifically, OWA and ActiveSync can use cookie based persistence, but Outlook Anywhere can't, so it uses an iRule to key off of the "Authorized" HTTP header instead.
Can anyone suggest a way that I might be able to set up a persistence profile that works with all three services behind a single virtual IP, rather than having to reconfigure and retrain our entire user base?