Thanks for the prompt response.
See my responses and questions below.
By the way, I'm working with the author of the original email,
so if it sounds like we are working on the same problem, it is because we
are.
"Chuck Timon [Microsoft]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Any IP secondarily bound to the NLB NIC will be load balanced. Only the
> dedicated IP addresses will not be. Assign the IPs, configure the websites
> inside IIS Admin to listen on the appropriate IP addresses and then update
> DNS accordingly.
Does this mean we cannot add secondary IP addresses the the NLB NIC which
are intended to be used as unique IP addresses on that node? These are NOT
IPs intended for cluster addresses.
We want to add unique IP addresses so that we can browse to the web sites
directly on a specific node (for testing) in addition
to accessing those second web sites via their load balanced IP.
Does the NLB "take over" the primary NIC to which it is attached?
If so, can we add those unique IP address
to the 2nd NIC and use that to add as many unique IP addresses as we want to
directly
address the individual web sites on each node?
>
> I am not sure why you say you have a second NIC for communications between
> nodes....this is not failover clustering.....all communications between
> nodes in an NLB cluster occur over the NLB NIC.
>
> You can, however, use that NIC to administer the NLB cluster if you like. I
> just hope you have not configured the link using a crossover cable.
> Crossover cables do not help you in NLB clusters
The 2nd NIC is currently connected to the other 2nd NICS with IPs like
10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2, etc...
and enhanced the NLB Management interface. Without it, we must log onto each
node separately to change node properties.
Is that what you were saying?
But if the earlier conversation above is as I described, then we will have a
much more useful function for that 2nd NIC
and we'll hook it directly to the shared network, rather than merely having
a private network as it currently does.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...LN%5d%3b242248
>
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> Microsoft Corporation
> Longhorn Readiness Team
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>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >I am running a NLB cluster using Windows 2003 Server in unicast mode.
> > Each node has one NIC for clustering and one for communication between
> > the nodes (10.0.0.0 addresses). Currently, there is only one website
> > running on the cluster in IIS. This means each identical node, has one
> > website.
> >
> > The current setup is:
> >
> > app.mysite.com (the cluster address)
> > app1.mysite.com (node 1 of the cluster)
> > app2.mysite.com (node 2 of the cluster)
> >
> > App1 and app2 refer to each node's dedicated IP address, which can be
> > used to access each cluster node individually from the outside world.
> > Now, I am adding an additional website in IIS and need it clustered as
> > well.
> >
> > anotherapp.mysite.com (the cluster address)
> > anotherapp1.mysite.com (node 1 of the cluster)
> > anotherapp2.mysite.com (node 2 of the cluster)
> >
> > I need to access anotherapp1 and anotherapp2 individually from the
> > outside world, as well as using the anotherapp as the cluster IP. How
> > can it be setup? Does this require an additional NIC in each node or
> > can I bind more IP addresses to the current NICs?
> >
> > In other words, we want Network Load Balancing of multihomed web
> > servers.
> >
>
>
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David Kreth Allen
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Office of Information Technology
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
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