How to use network bridge with windows 2003 data center edition?

I want to connect my server to Lan with 2 network interface cards
for high availability purpose. So that I have to assigned the same
ip for 2 NICs. (Actually, the server uses only 1 NIC to forward packets
because the port that another NIC connected is blocked by spanning tree.
So that 1 NIC is ACTIVE and another is STANDBY.)

With the windows XP, I can use network bridge feature to complete my
solution. But I cannot do that with windows 2003 data center edition.
I'd like to know that what should be done to use network bridge with
windows 2003 data center edition.

Also, I'm not sure if there is another way to make 1 NIC ACTIVE and another
STANDBY.

Thanks&Regards,

That is not what bridging is for. Bridging does nothing more than turn the
machine into the equivelant of a 2-port Switch (aka, a Bridge).

A "standby Nic" is a Nic in a box on a shelf the you swap out when the
current one dies.

If you want to "team" nics together, then it requires special Nics designed
for that purpose and they come with thier own software to make it work.

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"windowknowless" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I want to connect my server to Lan with 2 network interface cards
> for high availability purpose. So that I have to assigned the same
> ip for 2 NICs. (Actually, the server uses only 1 NIC to forward packets
> because the port that another NIC connected is blocked by spanning tree.
> So that 1 NIC is ACTIVE and another is STANDBY.)
>
> With the windows XP, I can use network bridge feature to complete my
> solution. But I cannot do that with windows 2003 data center edition.
> I'd like to know that what should be done to use network bridge with
> windows 2003 data center edition.
>
> Also, I'm not sure if there is another way to make 1 NIC ACTIVE and
another
> STANDBY.
>
> Thanks&Regards,
>
>