Cabling Your Private Network

The private network connection to the cluster nodes is provided by a second or subsequent network adapter that is installed in each node. This network is used for intracluster communications. Table 2-3 lists the required hardware components and connection method for three possible private network configurations.

Table 2-3. Private Network Hardware Components and Connections

Method

Hardware Components

Connection

 

 

 

Network switch

Fast Ethernet or Gigabit

Connect standard Ethernet cables from the

 

Ethernet network adapters and

network adapters in both cluster nodes to a

 

switches

Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet switch.

Point-to-Point

Fast Ethernet network adapters

Connect a crossover Ethernet cable between

Fast Ethernet

 

the Fast Ethernet network adapters in both

 

 

cluster nodes.

Point-to-Point

Copper Gigabit Ethernet

Connect a standard Ethernet cable between

Gigabit Ethernet

network adapters

the Gigabit Ethernet network adapters in both

 

 

cluster nodes.

 

 

 

NOTE: On certain Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server, Windows Server™ 2003 configurations, using an Ethernet cable in a point-to-point connection can impact node-to-node communications. See Microsoft Knowledge Base articles 239924, 242430, 254651, and 258750 at www.microsoft.com for more information. This issue has been corrected in Windows Server 2003.

NIC Teaming

Network Interface Card (NIC) teaming combines two or more NICs to provide load balancing and/or fault tolerance. Your cluster supports NIC teaming, but only in a public network; NIC teaming is not supported in a private network.

You should use the same brand of NICs in a team, and you cannot mix brands of teaming drivers.

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