Re: NLB Terminal Servers

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hi!

look to that how-to... you can find here the config details for a seperate
heart beat network adapter:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/ArticleID/23885/23885.html

gerald aigenbauer.

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> We tried to load balance our TS using a Cisco 11500 CSS since we had some
> open port that are web farm wasn't using. However, this proved to be
> problematic. After reading many posts in this support group on how to
> setup
> NLB on Windows 2003 it seems pretty straight forward. I just wanted to
> confirm my settings before I try this again and disrupt our production
> environment. I also have a few follow up questions.
>
> We are networked using Cisco 4500 series switches configured to use
> VLAN's.
> We have two TS nodes each with two NIC cards. I think one of the problems
> we
> ran into last time is using one one NIC card on each TS. I was getting
> unicast flooding when there is an ARP request for the MAC address of the
> virtual IP address assigned to the NLB. This was causing network
> connectivity issues.
>
> Suggested Settings:
>
> Node1 - TS
> Public/NLB NIC
> IP address: 10.10.2.1
> Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> Gateway: 10.10.2.254
> DNS: as appropriate
> VIP Address: 10.10.2.3
> VLAN: 1
>
> "Management" NIC
> IP address: 192.168.1.1
> Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> Gateway: N/A
> DNS: N/A
> VLAN: 2
>
> Node2 - TS
> Public/NLB NIC
> IP address: 10.10.2.2
> Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> Gateway: 10.10.2.254
> DNS: as appropriate
> VIP Address: 10.10.2.3
> VLAN: 1
>
> "Management" NIC
> IP address: 192.168.1.2
> Subnet: 255.255.255.0
> Gateway: N/A
> DNS: N/A
> VLAN: 2
>
> For the "Management" NIC's should these be the only two nodes on this
> Vlan??
>
> If the clients can not reach the "Management" NIC's what purpose do they
> serve? Do the "Management" NIC's act as the heartbeat for the NLB
> cluster??
>
> Do you need static routes on the "Management" NIC's
>
> Why not use a cross over cable?
>
> Should I use Unicast or Multicast??
>
> Is it best to set the NLB from the servers themselves or use NLB Manager
> from a client machine?
>
> Thanks!!


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