Windows NLB service and teaming

[Tony Auby]

is there a recommended best practice when using windows load balancing service on a blade server with 2 nics as it relates to the teaming of the 2 nics? can they/should they be teamed and have the teamed virtual adapter act as the single nic and set it to "multicast" cluster operation mode? or is it better, or maybe necessary, to use one nic for the NLB set in Unicast mode, and use the other nic for communication between nlb cluster nodes (which communication is not possible otherwise when you use unicast mode on a singel nic because all nodes then share the same virtual mac address)?? any info?

[Rune J. Winje]

A good discussion here:
http://russkaufmann.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9628511B4C1D269C!407.entry

Keep it simple is a "best practice" when it comes to NLB.

Dedicating one NIC to NLB management is a good idea.


Cheers,
Rune