Setting up the load-balancing network device

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Environments without Standalone Multiplexers

If you have not deployed standalone multiplexers, you have two choices for setting up the load balancing mechanism.

  • Recommended: Use a network appliance such as an IP sprayer or load balancer to direct the connections to each Community Server.
  • Set up a rotating DNS system to accomplish load balancing. Use rotating DNS to associate the IP addresses of the Sametime Community Server computers to a single DNS name. 

    For example, associate the IP address of Sametime Community server 1 (10.22.33.66) and Sametime Community server 2 (10.22.33.77) to the DNS name cscluster.example.com.

    Note: There are some limitations with using a rotating DNS. For more information, see Rotating DNS Limitations with cached DNS resolve requests.

Environments with Standalone Multiplexers

If you have deployed standalone multiplexers you have two choices for setting up the load balancing mechanism.

  • Recommended: Use a network appliance such as an IP sprayer or load balancer to direct the connections to each Mux.
  • Set up a rotating DNS system to accomplish load balancing. Use rotating DNS to associate the IP addresses of the Mux computers to a single DNS name. 

    For example, associate the IP address of Mux1 (10.22.33.44) and Mux2 (10.22.33.55) to the DNS name cscluster.example.com.

    Note: There are some limitations with using a rotating DNS. For more information, see Rotating DNS Limitations with cached DNS resolve requests.