How to work with a server with two NICs?

[p. Th.]

Hi,

We have a server with two NICs. Our applications are set to use one IP
address (192.168.0.100). How can we configure the server in order to
take advatage of both NICs?

TIA,

p. Th.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

You can't, except maybe to remove one NIC and put it in a second server and
configure server clustering.

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[p. Th.]

You can't, except maybe to remove one NIC and put it in a second server and
configure server clustering.

Then why our new server has two GBit NICs _ON_BOARD_?

 

[Chris Dugan]

Then why our new server has two GBit NICs _ON_BOARD_?

Depending on the chipset and driver used you can setup fault tolerance
(failover) or load balancing What is the make of network card in the server?

Some servers (nameley HP Compaqs) have only one network adapter but the
secondary is actually a management interface for system down conditions and
hardware health monitoring outside of the OS.

Chris

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

Hi,

We have a server with two NICs. Our applications are set to use one IP
address (192.168.0.100). How can we configure the server in order to
take advatage of both NICs?

TIA,

p. Th.

If the manufacturer supports NIC teaming, you can do that, with their
software. I don't recommend it. What is it you hope to accomplish?

 

[gerritjan]

Then why our new server has two GBit NICs _ON_BOARD_?

Because a server can also perform as a router. In that case you would need
two nics.

 

[Richard G. Harper]

So it can be used as a gateway? So it could function as an ISA server?
Because the manufacturer could do so cheaply and impress you? I can't say.

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[p. Th.]

Depending on the chipset and driver used you can setup fault tolerance
(failover) or load balancing What is the make of network card in the server?

Some servers (nameley HP Compaqs) have only one network adapter but the
secondary is actually a management interface for system down conditions and
hardware health monitoring outside of the OS.

Chris

Broadcom 5704C (on Tyan S4882 Thunder K8QS Pro motherboard).
We want to achieve a bigger throughput. (ie. load balancing).
Can you help us?

TIA,

f. Th.

 

[Phillip Windell]

Broadcom 5704C (on Tyan S4882 Thunder K8QS Pro motherboard).
We want to achieve a bigger throughput. (ie. load balancing).
Can you help us?

Unless the Nics were designed for "Nic Teaming" and came with the software
to do it,...No,...you can't do it,...forget it. Windows Network Load
Balancing (NLB) is the concept of running multple identical Servers (one nic
each) in a Cluster,...it has nothing to do with "Nic Teaming".

There are a lot of other reasons for running two Nics in a machine that have
nothing to do with what you are thinking. The server would have had two
nics for the "convenience" in the event of one of those "other" reasons for
two Nics,...not what you are wanting to do.


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