A10 AX Series User Manual

AX Series for SharePoint 2010 Deployment Guide
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8 BASIC AX CONFIGURATION FOR SHAREPOINT
This chapter explains how the AX Series is configured with Microsoft SharePoint 2010 server
implementation. This chapter provides instructions for installing the real servers, service group, virtual
services, and virtual servers in a basic Microsoft SharePoint configuration with no optimization.
Basic SharePoint Configuration
Figure 3: Basic SharePoint Configuration
The simplest configuration uses the AX series device to load balance SharePoint traffic using a secured
HTTPS connection. The WFE are the only servers that are load balanced by the AX. This is because
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has its own built-in redundancy and load balancing mechanism on the
backend servers. For detailed information explaining why Applications Servers (AS) and other SharePoint
components cannot be load balanced with any load balancer, refer to the following URLs:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-CA/sharepoint2010setup/thread/f3ae16b1-8a3b-4ffa-a2e0-
e78a48889c71
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/spses/archive/2010/01/20/sharepoint-2010-shared-service-architecture-part-
1.aspx

A10 AX Series Specifications

General

Brand	A10
Model	AX Series
Category	Switch
Language	English