Planning Tech

As I explain before we create two servers that will be configured as our NODES, now we need to set another LAN card to create backup for the first LAN card the NODE already have. It’s not hard to configure so please follow and execute:

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I will explain how to set the NIC’S on node1 and when you do it please notice that you need to do it also on node2!!!!

Open you’re Network Connection and add another NIC, now you need to name them as you wish but remember that it’s very important to understand the configuration because we need to set priority on them.

I called the PUBLIC and PRIVETE:

Public – This is our Default NIC and will be use for External communication (set with default getaway).

Private – This is our additional NIC and will be use with another segment for internal communication use only!

Now we need to set the priority of the Nics:

Go to Advanced -> Advanced Settings-> now you must set the public NIC to be first on the binding order.

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1. Public.
2. Private.
3. Remote Access Connection.

 

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If you already installed Exchange2007 Service Pack 1” you can skip the following step

Go to the private NIC and disabled the “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks”.

 

Now let’s set the Nics Static addresses:

Node1 Public Nic:

IP address                             : 192.168.12.200

Subnet                                   : 255.255.255.0

Default gateway                 : 192.168.12.254

Dns Server                           : 192.168.12.100

 

 

Node1 Private Nic:

IP address                             : 192.168.11.2

Subnet                                   : 255.255.255.0

Default gateway                 : None!!!!

Dns Server                           : None!!!!

 

After we finish to configure the static ip’s its time to set the additional settings:

Advanced -> Dns Tab -> Now all you need to do is to UNMARK two features:

1. Register these connections addresses in DNS.
2. Use this connection’s DNS suffix.

Advanced -> Wins Tab and set the following:

1. Unmark “Enable LMHOST lookup.
2. Chose “Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

 

Node2 Public Nic:

IP address                             : 192.168.12.201

Subnet                                   : 255.255.255.0

Default gateway                 : 192.168.12.254

Dns Server                           : 192.168.12.100

 

 

Node2 Private Nic:

IP address                             : 192.168.11.4

Subnet                                   : 255.255.255.0

Default gateway                 : None!!!!

Dns Server                           : None!!!!

 

After we finish to configure the static ip’s its time to set the additional settings:

Advanced -> Dns Tab -> Now all you need to do is to UNMARK two features:

1. Register these connections addresses in DNS.
2. Use this connection’s DNS suffix.

 

Advanced -> Wins Tab and set the following:

1. Unmark “Enable LMHOST lookup.
2. Chose “Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

 

Note!

We configures the Private network to communicate between the two nods using bits, when the bits stops the nodes know one of the fails and take is services.

All set. If you follow all the above and test your configuration (Pings and stuff) you can proceed to the next step.