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292 Part IV: Deployment Scenarios
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Figure 12-5 Setting the cluster IP address (SPS-02)
16. Click Network Load Balancing again, and then click Properties.
17. On the Cluster Parameters tab, perform the following steps, as shown in
Figure 12-6:
a. In the IP Address box, type the cluster IP (number 1 on the worksheet).
b. Type the subnet mask associated with the cluster IP.
c. In the Full Internet Name box, type the DNS name.
d. Change the Cluster operation to the Unicast setting.
Note The Unicast setting can be used only when your server has multiple
Network Interface Cards (NIC), while Multicast will be used when there is
only one NIC. For a further explanation, please see the Windows Server
2003 Resource Kit or the “Network Load Balancing: Configuration Best Practices
for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003” white paper.
e. Leave Allow remote control check box unselected.
18. On the Host Parameters tab, perform the following steps, as illustrated in
Figure 12-7:
a. Because this is your second Web/search server, select Priority 2. (For
additional servers, choose numbers in ascending order—3 and then 4, and
so on.)
b. In the Dedicated IP Configuration section, enter the address and subnet
mask that you assigned to this machine in step 5.