Installation guide

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A SolarWinds Channel IP address - configured on the same NIC as the
Principal (Public) IP address configured with a static IP address in a different
subnet than the Principal (Public) IP address, and a network mask. No
gateway address or DNS server address is configured. NetBIOS will be
disabled during the installation process to prevent server name conflicts.
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The Register this connection's addresses in DNS check box must be cleared
prior to installing SolarWinds Channel.
Important: Ensure that your server has a persistent DNS entry in the DNS
system for the Principal (Public) IP address.
Secondary Server
The secondary server must have the same number of NICs as the primary
server and be configured as follows:
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A SolarWinds Channel IP address - configured with a static IP address and
the network mask. No gateway or DNS server address is configured.
NetBIOS will be disabled during the installation process to prevent server
name conflicts.
•
The Register this connection's addresses in DNS check box must be cleared
prior to installing SolarWinds Channel.
Important: Ensure that your server has a persistent DNS entry in the DNS
system for the Principal (Public) IP address. The secondary server's
Principal (Public) IP address will be configured during the Setup process.
Firewall Configuration Requirements
When firewalls are used to protect networks, you must configure them to allow
traffic to pass through both the Client Connection port (52267) and the Default
Channel port (57348).
SolarWinds recommends that the firewall be configured to allow the Client to
connect to the Client Connection port by process, nfgui.exe, rather than by
a specific port. To enable Channel communications between servers, configure
the firewall to allow traffic to pass through on Port 57348, the Default Channel
port.
Important: When installing on Windows Server 2008 or 2012, Microsoft
Windows may change the connection type from a Private network to an
Unidentified network after you have configured the firewall port to allow channel
communications resulting in the previously configured firewall changes to be
reset for the new network type (Unidentified).
20 - Implementation
Installation Guide - SolarWinds Failover Engine