Owner's Manual

Configuring Your Network 11
Configuring Your Network
This section presents steps to configure the public and private cluster network.
NOTE: Each node requires a unique public and private internet protocol (IP) address.
An additional public IP address is required to serve as the virtual IP address for the
client connections and the connection failover. The virtual IP address must belong
to the same subnet as the public IP. All public IP addresses, including the virtual
IP address, must be registered with the Domain Naming Service (DNS) and they
must be routable.
Depending on the number of NIC ports available, configure the interfaces as
shown in Table 2-1.
Configuring the Public Network
NOTE: Ensure that the public IP address is a valid and routable IP address.
NOTE: Each of the two bonded NIC ports for the private network must be on
separate PCI buses. For example, a bonded pair can consist of one on-board NIC
and one add-on NIC card.
Table 2-1. NIC Port Assignments
NIC Port Three Ports Available Four Ports available
1 Public IP and virtual IP Public IP
2 Private IP (bonded) Private IP (bonded)
3 Private IP (bonded) Private IP (bonded)
4 NA Virtual IP
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