Re: Clustering with Blade servers

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From: Rodney R. Fournier [MVP] (rod_at_die.spam.die.nw-america.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:36:18 -0600

Sure you can, USB NICs would work nicely :) Just don't Microsoft for support
on them.

http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=34&scid=30&prid=497 is an
example :)

Cheers,

Rod

MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
http://www.msmvps.com/clustering - Blog

"Doug Deitterick" <ddeitter@pct.edu> wrote in message
news:eiYGlqdHFHA.2356@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> We have the same kind of issue. We are using IBM blades, with the NICs
> teamed together, and are clustering them without using a NIC for
> heartbeat. Everything fails over fine and seems to be working just fine,
> but I was wondering if there is a better way. Rod, we can't add another
> NIC for heartbeat, since we can't put a NIC in the blade.
>
> Doug Deitterick
> Network Applications Analyst
> Pennsylvania College of Technology
>
> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" <rod@die.spam.die.nw-america.com> wrote in
> message news:u$NomJcHFHA.2740@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Leave the team alone, add a NIC for the heartbeat :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rod
>>
>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
>> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>>
>> "chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:9341B743-384A-416F-B8D4-0D693910D18F@microsoft.com...
>>> You are correct in one sense. We were load balancing, but without a
>>> privat
>>> network configured. We were letting the servers talk within the Blade
>>> center.
>>> Sounds like we need to configure a priveate vlan within the bladecenter
>>> or
>>> break the team and dedicate one nic to private traffic?
>>>
>>> "Rodney R. Fournier [MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can team (what you called load balancing) the Public, but never the
>>>> private (cross-over cable/hub network).
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like you only have one NIC available, this is a mistake and
>>>> should be
>>>> corrected ASAP. To be really HA (Highly Available), like a cluster
>>>> needs to
>>>> be, you need a second NIC dedicated to the heartbeat.
>>>>
>>>> Do an Ipconfig - you should see all the IPs that way. What you are
>>>> seeing
>>>> sounds normal.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Rod
>>>>
>>>> MVP - Windows Server - Clustering
>>>> http://www.nw-america.com - Clustering
>>>> http://msmvps.com/clustering - Blog
>>>>
>>>> "chris" <chris@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:C7CBB1F9-CA95-4DAD-A0F3-E7B4CF5DA416@microsoft.com...
>>>> > This is my first time building a MS cluster on any version of Windows
>>>> > sever.
>>>> > Our company has started to use IBM blades which we are rapidly
>>>> > becoming
>>>> > familiar with. What is Microsoft's recommendation for load balancing?
>>>> > I am
>>>> > currently using the Management software installed whith the Broadcom
>>>> > nic's.
>>>> > We do not have a dedicated nic for the heartbeat, since traffic does
>>>> > not
>>>> > need
>>>> > to travel outside of the blade center for node communication. All
>>>> > resoursces
>>>> > fail correctly. The one thing I have noticed is tha since installing
>>>> > SQL,
>>>> > the
>>>> > Broadcom software will display the IP of a SQL inatance for the
>>>> > virtual IP
>>>> > of
>>>> > the team, while network properties will display the one assigned to
>>>> > the
>>>> > server. Is this normal?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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