Mail Gateway Integration IV: Create Server Farm

Create your Server Farm

• Open Internet Information (IIS) Manager
• Expand the Server node in the left pane
• A new entry Server Farms should be appeared after the ARR Installation
• Right Click Server Farms
• Select Create Server Farm
  • Enter as Server Farm Name any desired name for the Server Farm, e.g. Exchange Servers
  • Click Next
• On the next page, add each internal Client Access Server address
  • e.g. ex01.imagoverum.com
  • e.g. ex02.imagoverum.com
  • Click Finish
• Confirm with Yes to Rewrite URLs

Configure Disk Cache

• Click in the left panel your recently created Server Farm
• Double click Caching
• Uncheck Enable disk cache
• Click Apply

Configure Health Test

• Navigate back to the Server Farm
• Double click on Health Test
• Enter as URL e.g. https://smg.imagoverum.com/Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync/HealthCheck.htm

• Change Interval to 5 
• Change Time-Out to 30
• Change Acceptable Status Code to 200
• Click Verify URL Test
• As detail you should see as a Result Pass
• Click Close
• Click Apply

Configure Load Balance

• Navigate back to the Server Farm
• Double click on Load Balance
• Ensure the following Load Balance settings are set:
  • Load balance algorithm: Weighted Round Robin
  • Load distribution: Even distribution
  • Click Apply if changes are made

Review Monitoring and Management

• Navigate back to the Server Farm
• Double click on Monitoring and Management
• From here your can view the runtime statistics about the Health Status, Total Requests and Failed Requests etc.

Configure Proxy

• Navigate back to the Server Farm
• Double click on Proxy
• Configure the Proxy settings to
  • HTTP version: Pass through
  • Enable Keep alive
  • Time-out (seconds): 120
  • Click Apply

Configure Routing Rules (optional) 

• If you are using Exchange 2013 or SSL Re-encryption, proceed with the configuration
• Navigate back to the Server Farm
• Double click on Routing Rules
  • Uncheck Enable SSL Offloading
  • Click Apply