Using Static IP Addresses with Aplication Center on MS 200..

I have figured out how to use static IP address in load balancing the
servers.

Here is what I did for anyone who is interested:

Because I am using dual NICs one NIC on each server is connected to
our normal network. The other two NICs are connected to each other
through a Gigabit switch, (but any hub or switch will do, and through
research it is better to use a separate hub or switch rather than
plugging directly into your main switch because of increased broadcast
traffic.)

Once the connection is made and the load balancing configured on the
internal or Gigabit connected NICs you can assign virtual static IP
addresses to the load balanced IP.

To do this, open the load balancing manager under administrative
tools. Give the internal NICs separate IP addresses, (i.e. 10.10.10.1
and 10.10.10.2). Configure a load balance IP (i.e. 10.10.10.3). From
within the load balance manager you can assign virtual IPs to the load
balance IP or the 10.10.10.3 address.

This should take care of it.
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And since you using dual NICs, multicast should be disabled.
broadcast traffic is much lesser in a switch, I'm running at this config.
No problem at all.


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"Chris Donnell" <cdonnell DeleteThis @mcrel.org> wrote in message
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 > I have figured out how to use static IP address in load balancing the
 > servers.
 >
 > Here is what I did for anyone who is interested:
 >
 > Because I am using dual NICs one NIC on each server is connected to
 > our normal network. The other two NICs are connected to each other
 > through a Gigabit switch, (but any hub or switch will do, and through
 > research it is better to use a separate hub or switch rather than
 > plugging directly into your main switch because of increased broadcast
 > traffic.)
 >
 > Once the connection is made and the load balancing configured on the
 > internal or Gigabit connected NICs you can assign virtual static IP
 > addresses to the load balanced IP.
 >
 > To do this, open the load balancing manager under administrative
 > tools. Give the internal NICs separate IP addresses, (i.e. 10.10.10.1
 > and 10.10.10.2). Configure a load balance IP (i.e. 10.10.10.3). From
 > within the load balance manager you can assign virtual IPs to the load
 > balance IP or the 10.10.10.3 address.
 >
 > This should take care of it.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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