NLB Configuration (Step by Step)

In this current scenario I have renamed the NIC cards to NLB11 and NLB12 and set to DHCP prior to NLB configuration and following considerations are taken:

Node1 Cluster IP: 10.0.0.11

Node2 Cluster IP: 10.0.0.12

Cluster IP of NBL: 10.0.0.10

NLB Cluster name: cluster.domain.com

***Node 1***

Node1 Network Configuration:

Node2 Network Configuration:

Open nlbmgr.exe to setup Network Load balancing:

Specify the Cluster IP address for NLB

Click Next:

Specify the Node1 to detect for the cluster and click on Connect:

Select the NIC card that you want to add to the NLB cluster:

Specify the Node1 IP address for the NLB Cluster and click Finish.

It will start adding the Node1 to the NLB Cluster:

After Nod1 is added to the NLB, right click on the cluster to add another node (node2) to the NLB Cluster:

After Nod1 is added to the NLB, You can add another node (node2) to the NLB Cluster and click connect:

Select the NIC card from the node that will be part of the NLB Cluster:

Configure the IP address planned for node2 of the NLB Cluster and click finish.

Once clicked on Finish button and it will start adding the 2^nd node to the NLB cluster:

Once added reboot both the nodes to complete the configuration.