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Hello,
Can WNLB be configured on a server running multiple NIC's for fail over?

I have two NICs on a single server, should a single Ethernet adapter die,
the second one picks up, can this me achieved using WNLB. If not what are my
other options?

Thanks in advance!
 
Hi,

NLB can't be used for this.

Many nic's have load balancing software that can be loaded on top of the
driver which means that one NIC can fail without affecting the servers
ability to communicate.

Leif
 
No.

Fail-over functionality is provided by Cluster Server, not Load Balancing.

-ds
 
One thing that I've seen could fit this scenerio is using a NIC TEAMING
concept. I know on compaq software servers have this feature, not sure of
other hardware solutions. There are two NIC's that act as one NIC, the
software is configured to know what NIC's are participating in this. Couple
of hosting company's use this for fault tolerance, each NIC is plugged into
a separate switch to provide redundancy. If one switch goes away, the other
switch will still route traffic to the server. Look up NIC Teaming.

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/teaming.html

good luck.

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NLB does not provide this functionality. It is used to load balance between two servers. Some network card manufacturers though provide NIC teaming ability
that would allow for this.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support

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