In this video, Robert McMillen talks about how to set Affinity in Network Load Balancing. Client requests matching the port rule are distributed among active nodes in the farm. When you choose the Multiple Host filtering mode, you need to choose an affinity setting, which determines how a client that is interacting with the cluster during a session will respond.
- [Voiceover] Let's talk about how to configure affinity.…Now, in a previous video, we set up a…network load balanced cluster.…During that set-up, we were asked to pick from…several choices, and one of those was affinity.…Now, the goal of affinity is to have…the fastest network response time to servers in a cluster.…Client requests matching the port rules…are distributed among active nodes in the farm.…When you choose the multiple host filtering mode,…you need to choose an affinity setting,…and this determines how a client is interacting…with the cluster during a session.…
We need to set the N.L.B Affinity,…and there are several of those to choose from.…The first one is none, the second one is single,…and the third one is network.…So let's talk about those.…With affinity set to none, each client traffic…is directed to any node in the cluster,…dependent on existing load.…So if there's a lot of load, it'll go to a different node.…Subsequent traffic from the client will be directed…to any node in the cluster depending on existing load.…
Author
Robert McMillen
Released
5/5/2016Note: The topics covered in this course map to the "Configure and manage high availability" domain for the MCSA: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services exam (70-412).
- Configuring NLB
- Configuring affinity, port rules, and cluster operation mode
- Configuring failover cluster networks
- Configuring cluster storage
- Upgrading clusters
- Managing clusters
- Interacting with Hyper-V
- Adding virtual machines in Hyper-V
- Managing cluster roles, including ISCSI target, Hyper-V, and generic service roles
- Migrating clusters
- Configuring VM network health protection and drain
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome33s
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1. Configure Network Load Balancing (NLB)
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Install NLB nodes5m 49s
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Configure affinity4m 24s
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Configure NLB port rules5m 17s
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Upgrade an NLB cluster2m 32s
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2. Configure Failover Clustering
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Configure quorum4m 42s
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Configure cluster networks5m 33s
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Configure cluster storage5m 59s
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Upgrade a cluster3m 8s
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3. Manage the Cluster
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View cluster events3m 46s
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Rename clusters2m 4s
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4. Interact With Hyper-V
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Add a second cluster2m 41s
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5. Manage Failover Cluster Roles
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Configure guest clustering2m 42s
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6. Set Up Available Roles in Clustering
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Cluster the DHCP server5m 1s
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Set up a failover cluster3m 30s
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Add the Hyper-V role2m 18s
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7. Manage Cluster Movement
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Conclusion
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Next steps35s
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