John-Is that for server clustering then?
-BM
-Original Message-
From: Montgomery, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 12:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NIC Load Balancing
W2K advanced server has an NLB option (network load balancing
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-Original Message-
From: Robert Toland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:26 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: NIC Load Balancing
We have an NT4.0 sp6a server with 2 3com nic cards with discreet tcp/ip
adressess. I
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Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 10:24 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NIC Load Balancing
The best way to implement LB is using IP Metrics software or their
competitor's (forget their name). They will allow you to load balance both
incoming/outgoing traffic.
The software provided
I have seen the same problem when these cards were first introduced, we
found some new drivers for the cards and the problem went away...
- Original Message -
From: Matt Wehnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: NT System Admin Issues [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:04 AM
We have an NT4.0 sp6a server with 2 3com nic cards with discreet tcp/ip
adressess. I added the second card hoping to distribute the traffic but
monitoring both cards showed that they were recieving the exact same traffic.
Is load balancing the way to fix this, and if so where do I find out how
Admin Issues
Subject: Re: NIC Load Balancing
We have an NT4.0 sp6a server with 2 3com nic cards with discreet tcp/ip
adressess. I added the second card hoping to distribute the traffic but
monitoring both cards showed that they were recieving the exact same
traffic.
Is load balancing the way
it?
-Bonnie M.
-Original Message-
From: David James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 11:40 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: NIC Load Balancing
I'm not sure about 3coms. Intels function with their own software/drivers
that give 2 cards the same IP address
Subject: RE: NIC Load Balancing
As David mentioned, I'm using Intel Server Nics and using the Intel software
to perform ALB. With Adaptive Load balancing, you get all cards teaming
traffic outbound, but only one can recieve. There is also another
configuration (NLB?) that truly teams the cards
