Teaming and network load balancing

[ChrisBelzona]

All,

I am trying to configure a Windows NLB cluster, with 2 servers.

Both servers have 2 nic's that are teamed and have 3 virtual adapters (seperate vlans).
These are

Server 1

VLAN1 192.168.250.112
VLAN2 172.16.2.1
VLAN3 10.20.30.1

Server 2

VLAN1 192.168.250.113
VLAN2 172.16.2.2
VLAN3 10.20.30.2

VLAN1 is used across the corporate network, VLAN2 is for the NLB.

When configuring the cluster i would like achieve the following:

Cluster ip 192.168.250.118
Cluster Nodes 172.16.2.1 and 172.16.2.2 (i would like to keep the cluster traffic seperate from the corporate traffic)

Can anyone tell me if this configuration is correct, or point me in the direction on where i am going wrong?
Do i use a 172.16 address for the cluster address if so how do i reach this from my corporate network?

 

[juniper911]

Chris

I do not understand what the vlans do exactly and more importantly who is supposed to be able to access them. What vlan is supposed to be accessible for the general users? Then have nlb set up on that vlan - thats how I would do it personally as you would use nlb to spread the load on the servers.

 

[ChrisBelzona]

VLAN1 should be used by general users and VLAN2 should be used for NLB heartbeat etc, keeping this traffic away from the general vlan..

Hope this makes sense.