Huzaifah Ahmad

I am currently working as a Senior Field Consultant. I started my professional career in 1999 in India. In the year 1999 I decided to transition from the Retail Industry to hard core Information Technology, which was always my strength and desire. I realised my strengths and keen interest when I worked on Dbase III Plus a few years back but due to various constraints I could not pursue my career at that point in time. I have worked in various capacities in the fields of Software Technology, as Systems administrator, Systems Support Engineer, Implementations Engineer and Senior Implementation Engineer. Currently, I am based as Senior Field Consultant for a Microsoft Gold Partner in Oxford, U.K.

I am certified in various disciplines

CCIE # 23368
CCNP
CCNA
CCA
MCSE NT, 2k & 2k3
MCSA 2k & 2k3
MCSE 2k & 2k3 (Messaging & Security)
MCSA 2k & 2k3 (Messaging & Security)

I devote my free time to the technology communities. I believe knowledge grows by sharing and I love to share my knowledge. I believe it is important to be passionate and really enjoy whatever you do. I am also the founder and maintain Ahmedgroup (http://www.ahmedgroup.co.uk)

Published on 09/11/2007

Configure Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2006 Enterprise edition in an Enterprise Array. Now we are ready with the information we have gathered in Part 1 & 2 in this part 3 of the article series I will walk you through the process of how to "Create a new Enterprise Array" initial configuration before we start deploying Internet Security & Acceleration Server services in part 4.

Step by Step Guide Installing ISA 2006 Enterprise Edition Part 3

Configure ISA 2006 Enterprise edition in an Enterprise Array. Now we are ready with the information we have gathered in Part 1 & 2 in this part 3 of the article series I will walk you through the process of how to "Create a new Enterprise Array" initial configuration before we start deploying Internet Security & Acceleration Server services in part 4.

Step 1: Open the ISA MMC right click "Arrays" select "New Array".

Step 2: Type the new "Array name" click next.

Step 3: Type your "Array DNS" name click next.

Step 4: Currently this is the only enterprise "Default Policy" installed so lets select that and click next.

The "Default Policy" is located under the Enterprise Policies node. You cannot change or delete this Default Policy. The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the ISA Server array is completely locked by default. Only traffic you explicitly allow through the array is allowed.

Step 5: For now we will select all the tick boxes and click next.

Step 6: Review all the settings and click "Finish".

Step 7: Status screen once you click finish.

Step 8: The new Array is listed under Arrays. Now we need to apply these changes to the (CS) database so select "Apply".

Step 9: Status screen once you click apply "Changes to the configuration Storage Server"

There is one thing we need to keep in mind is that if you look at the array status page under "Configuration Storage" it only displays "CS1" & "CS2" seems to be not there. To be very honest I have not managed to find the answer yet for myself so not sure if this is a bug or by design. So in the next step we will make this change manually.

All you have to do is right click the Array you have created and select properties. Select "Configuration Storage" and in the "Alternate Configuration Storage Server" either type the FQDN OR click browse and look it up in Active Directory & apply the changes. The update frequency default setting is "15 seconds" this can be changed depending on your network & server performance.

I feel the changes made in this step are self explanatory. :)

Now that we have completed the following:

1. Planning
2. Installing configuration Storage servers.
3. Creating a new Enterprise Array.

It is time we go ahead and deploy our ISA server(s) in the final Part 4 of this article series.