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Applies To: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

Clusters contains the settings to specify details about clusters.

Note

To enable this Network Load Balancing setting, the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package must be enabled in the Windows® image you are installing. To do this, use Windows System Image Manager to add the Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package to your answer file, and then configure the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package to enable it. For more information about adding and configuring packages, see the Windows® Assessment and Deployment (Windows ADK) Technical Reference.

Child Elements

Cluster

Specifies details about a cluster, such as its interface, IP address, port rules, and so on.

Valid Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-NetworkLoadBalancing-Core | Clusters

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-NetworkLoadBalancing-Core.

XML Example

The following XML output for the Clusters setting shows how to set up a cluster for network load balancing.

<Clusters>
   <Cluster>
      <Interface>Local Area Connection 2</Interface>
      <ClusterIpAddress>10.100.0.234</ClusterIpAddress>
      <ClusterNetMask>255.255.255.0</ClusterNetMask>
      <VirtualIpAddresses>
         <IpAddress wcm:keyValue="Ip1">
            <IpAddress>10.192.45.1</IpAddress>
            <NetworkMask>255.255.255.0</NetworkMask>
         </IpAddress>
         <IpAddress wcm:keyValue="Ip2">
            <IpAddress>fe80::204:23ff:feb9:1111</IpAddress>
         </IpAddress>
      </VirtualIpAddresses>
      <Portrules>
         <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule1">
            <VirtualIpAddress>255.255.255.255</VirtualIpAddress>
            <Protocol>TCP</Protocol>
            <StartPort>0</StartPort>
            <EndPort>65535</EndPort>
            <Mode>MultipleHost</Mode>
            <EqualLoad>true</EqualLoad>
            <ClientAffinity>None</ClientAffinity>
         </Portrule>
         <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule2">
            <VirtualIpAddress>10.100.0.223</VirtualIpAddress>
            <Protocol>Both</Protocol>
            <StartPort>80</StartPort>
            <EndPort>80</EndPort>
            <Mode>MultipleHost</Mode>
            <LoadWeight>100</LoadWeight>
            <ClientAffinity>Single</ClientAffinity>
         </Portrule>
         <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule3">
            <VirtualIpAddress>10.100.0.99</VirtualIpAddress>
            <Protocol>TCP</Protocol>
            <StartPort>23</StartPort>
            <EndPort>23</EndPort>
            <Mode>Disabled</Mode>
         </Portrule>
         <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule4">
            <VirtualIpAddress>255.255.255.255</VirtualIpAddress>
            <Protocol>UDP</Protocol>
            <StartPort>25</StartPort>
            <EndPort>25</EndPort>
            <Mode>MultipleHost</Mode>
            <EqualLoad>true</EqualLoad>
            <ClientAffinity>Network</ClientAffinity>
         </Portrule>
         <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule5">
            <VirtualIpAddress>10.100.0.223</VirtualIpAddress>
            <Protocol>TCP</Protocol>
            <StartPort>3389</StartPort>
            <EndPort>3389</EndPort>
            <Mode>SingleHost</Mode>
            <HostPriority>1</HostPriority>
         </Portrule>
      </Portrules>
      <DedicatedIpAddresses>
         <IpAddress wcm:keyValue="Ip1">
            <IpAddress>10.192.45.1</IpAddress>
            <NetworkMask>255.255.255.0</NetworkMask>
         </IpAddress>
         <IpAddress wcm:keyValue="Ip2">
            <IpAddress>fe80::204:23ff:feb9:1111</IpAddress>
         </IpAddress>
      </DedicatedIpAddresses>
      <HostIdentifier>6</HostIdentifier>
      <ClusterMacAddress>02-bf-01-02-03-04</ClusterMacAddress>
      <ClusterName>mycluster.domain.com</ClusterName>
      <ClusterMode>Multicast</ClusterMode>
      <InitialHostState>Started</InitialHostState>
      <PersistSuspendedState>false</PersistSuspendedState>
      <MembershipHeartbeatPeriod>1000</MembershipHeartbeatPeriod>
      <MembershipHeartbeatLossTolerance>5</MembershipHeartbeatLossTolerance>
      <IdentityHeartbeatPeriod>2000</IdentityHeartbeatPeriod>
      <MulticastSpoofEnabled>false</MulticastSpoofEnabled>
      <MaskSourceMacEnabled>true</MaskSourceMacEnabled>
      <ICMPFilteringEnabled>false</ICMPFilteringEnabled>
      <NetBTSupportEnabled>true</NetBTSupportEnabled>
      <ClusterIpToClusterMacEnabled>true</ClusterIpToClusterMacEnabled>
      <UnicastInterHostCommunicationSupportEnabled>true</UnicastInterHostCommunicationSupportEnabled>
      <MaximumConnectionDescriptors>512</MaximumConnectionDescriptors>
      <BDATeam>
         <Team>{BF967924-0DE6-11D0-A285-00AA003049E2}</Team>
         <Master>true</Master>
         <ReverseHash>false</ReverseHash>
      </BDATeam>
   </Cluster>
</Clusters>

See Also

Concepts

Microsoft-Windows-NetworkLoadBalancing-Core