Setting Up the IIS Web Server Farm

Set up an IIS Web server farm to identify all IIS servers used to host relay servers on your network. Once the farm has been defined, you can balance loads among servers in this farm.

Add all IIS servers that you intend to manage as a farm.

  1. In the Connections pane of the IIS Management console, right-click Server Farm, then choose Create Server Farm.
  2. Configure the farm properties by:
    • Setting a name. Choose a name that identifies the farm as a relay server farm for Unwired Platform.
    • Checking the Server farm is available for load balancing and Provision server farm boxes.
    • Configuring an administrator account. Use the platform administration credentials to make all relay server hosts availabe from the IIS Management console.
  3. Add IIS servers by setting the server names and identifying which server is a primary server, then click Finish.
    The management console connects to the servers and begins to automatically provision the IIS servers with the Web Farm Framework. No manual installation is required.
  4. Validate the completion of the provisioning:
    1. In the Connections pane, click Server Farms > MyFarmName > Servers.
    2. Check the trace messages to see when the operation has completed.