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A10 AX Series Deployment Manual
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Deployment guide ax series with microsoft windows server 2008 terminal services version: 1.1.
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of contents deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 deployment guide ax series with microsoft windows server 2008 terminal services introducti on ......................................................................................................................... 3 prerequisi...
Page 3: Introducti On
Performance by design 3 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 introducti on this deployment guide contains configuration procedures for ax series application delivery controllers and server load balancers to support windows server 2008 terminal services. Microsoft terminal services (...
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Performance by design 4 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax deployment for windows ts with rdc access windows 2008 enhanced ts with a new role: session broker. Ts session broker provides simple load balancing and user persistency to the ts server. Microsoft recommends session br...
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Performance by design 5 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 microsoft ts confi gurati on with the ax series load balancer note: to download a step-by-step guide for microsoft ts, visit: http://technet.Microsoft.Com/en-us/library/ cc772418%28ws.10%29.Aspx as explained in the microso...
Page 6: Ax Confi Gurati On
Performance by design 6 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax confi gurati on note: this example shows only the required ax options. For information about other options, see the ax series configuration guide, the ax series gui reference, or the gui online help. Ax configuration st...
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Performance by design 7 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > service group ◦ via cli: ax(confi g)#slb service-group ts-farm tcp ax(confi g-slb svc group)#member ts1:3389 ax(confi g-slb svc group)#member ts2:3389 3. Create the virtual ip ...
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Performance by design 8 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > virtual server > port ◦ via cli: ax(confi g-slb vserver)#port 3389 tcp ax2(confi g-slb vserver-vport)#service-group ts-farm 4. Create an aflex policy, to defi ne the ts persist...
Page 9: Ax Vip Status
Performance by design 9 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > aflex ◦ via cli: ax(confi g)#import afl ex ts-persist tftp://172.31.31.12/ts-persist 5. Assign the aflex policy to the virtual server. ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > v...
Page 10: Ax Deployment Validati On
Performance by design 10 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax deployment validati on to validate the ax deployment: 1. Verify that clients can access the ts farm using rdp access via the vip: ◦ launch rdp (mstsc.Exe) and connect to the vip. ◦ validate that the client has access t...
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Performance by design 11 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ◦ open an application (for instance, “notepad”) and close the rdp session without logging out from the ts. ◦ establish a new rdp connection (from the same pc or another one) and log in with the same user. The new rdp conn...
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Performance by design 12 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax deployment for windows ts with rdc with tsg access windows 2008 enhanced its ts with a new role: gateway. Ts gateway provides rdp connection over https. The gateway role enables remote end-users to access the ts farm, ...
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Performance by design 13 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 as explained in the microsoft guide, to deploy with load balancers, configure the following settings on each ts gateway. (navigate to administrative tools > remote desktop services > remote desktop gateway manager – edit ...
Page 14: Ax Confi Gurati On
Performance by design 14 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 when deployed with load balancers that are configured with ts gateway ssl offload, configure https- http bridging on each ts gateway. (navigate to administrative tools > remote desktop services > remote desktop gateway ma...
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Performance by design 15 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > server ◦ via cli: ax(confi g)#slb server tsg1 10.0.2.8 ax(confi g-real server)#port 80 tcp 2. Create a service group for the ts gateway farm. Enter a name for the service grou...
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Performance by design 16 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 3. Create the virtual ip address (vip), which is the ip address that clients will access. No ssl offl oad note: in step b, replace port type https with tcp. A. Enter a name for the vip, and enter the ip address. ◦ via web...
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Performance by design 17 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 b. Create a client-ssl template. Enter a name for the template, select the certifi cate and key fi les, and enter the passphrase. ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > template > ssl > client ssl ◦ via cli: ax(confi g)#...
Page 18: Ax Vip Status
Performance by design 18 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax vip status display the status of the vip and its members: 1. Via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > virtual server 2. Via cli: ax#show slb virtual-server ts ax#show slb service-group tsg-farm ax#show slb server [t...
Page 19: Ax Deployment Validati On
Performance by design 19 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax deployment validati on to validate the ax deployment: 1. Verify that clients can access the terminal servers using rdp with tsg access via the vip: ◦ launch rdp (mstsc.Exe) and connect to the ts with the tsg option con...
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Performance by design 20 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax deployment for windows ts with web access windows 2008 enhanced ts with a new role: web access. Ts web access provides web access to distributed applications on ts. End customers access the web portal that provides the...
Page 21: Ax Confi Gurati On
Performance by design 21 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax confi gurati on the steps below detail ax configuration for ts web access. Note: this example shows only the required ax options. For information about other options, see the ax series configuration guide, the ax serie...
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Performance by design 22 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 2. Create a service group for the ts gateway farm. ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > service group ◦ via cli: ax(confi g)#slb service-group tsw-farm tcp ax(confi g-slb svc group)#member tsw1:443 ax(confi g-slb...
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Performance by design 23 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 b. Add the https port and select the service group. ◦ via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > virtual server > port ◦ via cli: ax(confi g-slb vserver)#port 443 tcp ax2(confi g-slb vserver-vport)#service-group tsw-farm...
Page 24: Ax Vip Status
Performance by design 24 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 ax vip status display the status of the vip and its members: 1. Via web gui: confi g mode > service > slb > virtual server 2. Via cli: ax#show slb virtual-server ts ax#show slb service-group tsw-farm ax#show slb server [t...
Page 25: Summary And Conclusion
Performance by design 25 deployment guide for microsoft terminal services 2008 summary and conclusion the ax series advanced traffic manager provides windows server 2008 terminal services load bal- ancing with: • high availability • high scalability • high fl exibility • high performance • high secu...
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