To avoid routing issues, verify that there are at least two network adapters in your Edge Servers and that the default gateway is set only on the network adapter associated with the external interface. For example, as shown in the Scaled Consolidated Edge Scenario figure in Scaled Consolidated Edge with Hardware Load Balancers, the default gateway would point to the external firewall.

You can configure two network adapters in each of your Edge Servers as follows:

• Network adapter 1 (Internal Interface)

  Internal interface with 172.25.33.10 assigned.

  No default gateway.

  Ensure there is a route from the network containing the Edge Server internal interface to any networks that contain Lync Server clients or servers running Lync Server (for example, from 172.25.33.0 to 192.168.10.0).

• Network adapter 2 (External Interface)

  Three public IP addresses are assigned to this network adapter, for example 131.107.155.10 for Access Edge service, 131.107.155.20 for Web Conferencing Edge service, 131.107.155.30 for A/V Edge service.

  Note:

  The IP addresses that are assigned to the actual external network interfaces of the Edge Server may depend on which hardware load balancer you choose. Refer to the documentation for your hardware load balancer to understand the actual IP address requirements. It is possible, though not recommended, to use a single IP address for all three Edge service interfaces. Though this does save IP addresses, it requires different port numbers for each service. The default port number is 443/TCP, which ensures that most remote firewalls will allow the traffic. Changing the port values to (for example) 5061/TCP for the Access Edge service, 444/TCP for the Web Conferencing Edge service and 443/TCP for the A/V Edge service might cause problems for remote users where a firewall that they are behind does not allow the traffic over 5061/TCP and 444/TCP. Additionally, three distinct IP addresses makes troubleshooting easier due to being able to filter on IP address.

  Access Edge service IP address is primary with default gateway set to Internet-facing router (131.107.155.1).

  Web Conferencing Edge service and A/V Edge service IP addresses secondary.

Tip:
Configuring the Edge Server with two network adapters is one of two options. The other option is to use one network adapter for the internal side and three network adapters for the external side of the Edge Server. The main benefit of this option is a distinct network adapter per Edge Server service, and potentially more concise data collection when troubleshooting is necessary

DNS Records Required for Scaled Consolidated Edge, Hardware Load Balanced (Example)