Howdy there… I’ve got myself 2 servers here, both with dual intel NICs. I want to load balance IIS on them so that they work together and back each other up. I go to configure NLB (for the first time in my life) and I read all the documentation. Well, it looks easy enough, but I have a problem… the documentation sucks. I’ve searched around everywhere for good documentation about how it is supposed to be configured when you have multiple NICs, but every example I read tells me how to configure one NIC for NLB… well what the heck do I do with the other NIC!?!
I guess my question is this: Do both NICs need “real” IP addresses, or does the “dedicated” NIC have a “real” address and the “cluster” NIC only bind to the virtual address?
I need someone to grab a napkin and a pen and draw it out for me. Thanks. As I am in a major hurry here, I will blow all my techpoints on this question.