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Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
NOTE:
Do not configure Default Gateway, NetBIOS, WINS, and DNS on the private
network.
If multiple cluster interconnect network adapters are connected to a network
switch, ensure that all of the NICs configured for private network have a
unique address. You can continue the IP address scheme in Table 2-2 with
10.0.0.3, 10.0.0.4, and so on for the NICs configured for the private network
or NIC teams of the other clusters connected to the same switch.
You can improve fault tolerance by using network adapters that support
adapter teaming or by having multiple LAN segments. To avoid
communication problems, do not use dual-port NICs for the cluster
interconnect.
NOTE:
NIC teaming is supported only on a public network, not on a private
network.
Configuring IPv6 addresses for Cluster Nodes
Windows Server 2008 supports IPv6 and hence Failover Clustering also
supports IPv6. Therefore, you can configure all IPv6 address resources, all
IPv4 address resources, or a combination of IPv4 and IPv6 address resources.
Failover Clustering supports only IPv6 addresses that allow for dynamic
registration in DNS (AAAA host records and the IP6.ARPA reverse look-up zone).
The left most bits of the IPv6 address are called the Format Prefix (FP), which
indicates the specific type of IPv6 address. IPv6 accommodates many address
type, including:
• Unicast addresses — Unicast addresses are used for one-to-one
communication between two hosts.
• Multicast addresses — Multicast addresses are used for one-to-many
communication. In Multicast addressing a single IP packet is sent to
multiple hosts in a group.
Private network static IP address
cluster interconnect (for node-to-node
communications) 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
Private network subnet mask 255.255.255.0 255.255.255.0
Table 2-2. Examples of IP Address Assignments (continued)
Usage Cluster Node 1 Cluster Node 2