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7.6 Miscellaneous blade server configurations
This section includes several blade server configurations not covered elsewhere in this
chapter. Note that any configurations using SLB (Active/Active or Active/Standby) are not
recommend for use with topology 1 (as noted in the discussions in 7.5.1, “Topology 1: Dual
IGESMs, four-port aggregation to two 6500s” on page 124) unless Trunk Failover is also
configured per section 7.7, “Trunk Failover feature description and configuration” on
page 193.
Active/Standby SLB teaming on BladeCenter HS20 Windows 2000
In this section, we demonstrate the steps used to configure Active/Standby SLB teaming on a
BladeCenter HS20 with Windows 2000.
The configuration steps are very similar to the Active/Active configuration used with
BladeServer3 in previous examples, with the only difference being that one of the NICs is
configured as a standby member in the team.
To create an Active/Standby SLB team, start from Table 7-13 on page 152, step 4.3.1. After
you add a NIC to Load Balance Members in Step 4.3.2, highlight the other NIC and click the
lower arrow button to add it to Standby Member. The window should be similar to the one
shown in Figure 7-20. Click Finish and continue with step 4.4.3 and the remaining steps.
When verifying the configuration with the BACS application, a window similar to the one
shown in Figure 7-21 opens. Make sure that one NIC is assigned to each Primary Adapters
and Standby Adapters group.
Figure 7-20 Configuring an Active/Standby SLB team