How to Specify a Remote Bridgehead Server for a Routing Group

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A remote bridgehead server is a server in a connected routing group that receives all messages destined for that particular routing group. A remote bridgehead server also sends link state information to the bridgehead servers for a routing group connector.

Before You Begin

Before you begin, see Understanding and Configuring Message Routing and Transport.

Procedure

To specify a remote bridgehead server for a routing group connector

  1. In the Routing Group Connector Properties dialog box, on the Remote Bridgehead tab (see the following figure), click Add, and then select the remote bridgehead server from the list of servers in the routing group to which you are connecting.

    Note

    You must specify a remote bridgehead server. For redundancy, specify more than one remote bridgehead server, if you can.

    Remote Bridgehead tab in the Routing Group Connector Properties dialog box

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  2. If you are creating a routing group connector between routing groups that includes Exchange 5.5 servers, in Override connection credentials for Exchange 5.x, click Modify, and then enter the Exchange 5.5 service account credentials for the Exchange 5.5 server to which you are connecting.

  3. Click Apply to create the connector.

  4. When a message appears that prompts you with the question of whether you want to create a routing group connector in the remote routing group, click Yes.

    After you click Yes, Exchange creates a routing group connector in the remote routing group. This new routing group connector permits the remote routing group to send messages to the local routing group. When creating this new routing group connector, Exchange does the following:

    • Exchange designates the bridgehead servers for the remote routing group connector as those servers listed on the Remote Bridgehead tab of the local routing group connector.

      Note

      When Exchange designates servers in this way, only those servers listed on the Remote Bridgehead tab become bridgehead servers for the new connector. If you would rather have all the servers in the remote routing group (not just those listed) function as bridgehead servers for the new connector, you must manually select the Any local server can send mail over this connector option on the General tab of the new connector.

    • Exchange designates the remote bridgehead servers for the remote routing group connector as those servers listed as bridgehead servers on the General tab of the local routing group.