Clusters

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 OEM Preinstallation Kit User's Guide or the Windows Automated Installation Kit User's Guide.

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

XML Example

<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>