Assign NIC to Resource Group OR...

Essentially, I'm creating a file server cluster, and have 6 NICs (2OB/4Quad).
I'd like to create resource groups with a share, network name, IP, physical
disk, and a NIC or somehow dedicate the traffic to a specific NIC.

1 - Is it possible?
2 - If so how?

Currently I can only get the Public/Private and one other NIC to show up in
Cluster Resources and just now sure where to go from here. I thought about
Teaming, but it's not recommended for a cluster - any suggestions at all???

Is it possible to use ALL of the QUAD NIC Ports as other Public NIC's - Same
Hardware on both servers, Dell 1950 III's? How can I utilized these NIC
Ports...??

Thanks,
Mark

Basically, you're dealing with subnetting issues. If your NICs are on the
same subnet, Windows basically doesn't "load balanace" across these NICs and
cluster will basically only identify one NIC in the subnet.

If you put each port on a different subnet, then you should be able to see
all 6 networks in your cluster. You could then balanace groups to use
specific NICs by using IP addresses from specific subnets.

If you're looking to load balance across the ports on the same subnet,
you'll need to look into teaming. If you're running Windows 2008, teaming is
OK on all networks. If 2003, you shouldn't team the private NICs, but
teaming public is OK.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
John

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"Mark" <> wrote in message
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> Essentially, I'm creating a file server cluster, and have 6 NICs
(2OB/4Quad).
> I'd like to create resource groups with a share, network name, IP,
physical
> disk, and a NIC or somehow dedicate the traffic to a specific NIC.
>
> 1 - Is it possible?
> 2 - If so how?
>
> Currently I can only get the Public/Private and one other NIC to show up
in
> Cluster Resources and just now sure where to go from here. I thought
about
> Teaming, but it's not recommended for a cluster - any suggestions at
all???
>
> Is it possible to use ALL of the QUAD NIC Ports as other Public NIC's -
Same
> Hardware on both servers, Dell 1950 III's? How can I utilized these NIC
> Ports...??
>
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

Excellent! Do you have any documentation on teaming public nic's? (Windows
2003 SP2 R2 64-bit)?? This is exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks so much.

You'll need to get this from your Server/NIC vendor as each teaming solution
is unique.

Regards,
John

Visit my blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/jtoner

"Mark" <> wrote in message
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> Excellent! Do you have any documentation on teaming public nic's?
(Windows
> 2003 SP2 R2 64-bit)?? This is exactly what I was looking for.
>
> Thanks so much.
>
>