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Introduction
NLB is a scalable, high-availability feature that you can install on all editions of Windows Server 2016. NLB
distributes network traffic across a set of servers, balancing the workload each server must handle. It is scalable
because it enables you to add additional servers (also called nodes or hosts). A node (or host) in an NLB cluster in
Windows Server 2016 is a computer, either physical or virtual, that is running the Windows Server 2016 operating
system. Each node or host runs a copy of the server applications that are also running on the other hosts in the
cluster.
Windows Server 2016 NLB clusters can have between 2 and 32 nodes. When you create an NLB cluster, it creates a
virtual network address and virtual network adapter. The virtual network adapter has an IP address and a media
access control (MAC) address. Network traffic to this address is distributed evenly across the nodes in the cluster.
In a basic NLB configuration, each node in an NLB cluster services requests at a rate that is approximately equal to
that of all other nodes in the cluster. When an NLB cluster receives a request, it forwards that request to the node
that currently is the least used. You also can configure NLB to direct traffic to a specific host, called a default host.
New in Windows Server 2016 is it includes a new Azure-inspired Software Load Balancer (SLB) as a component of
the Software Defined Networking (SDN) infrastructure. Use SLB instead of NLB if you are using SDN, are using
non-Windows workloads, need outbound network address translation (NAT), or need Layer 3 (L3) or non-TCP
based load balancing. You can continue to use NLB with Windows Server 2016 for non-SDN deployments.
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When you configure an application to use NLB, clients address the application using the NLB cluster address
rather than the address of nodes that participate in the NLB cluster. The NLB cluster address is a virtual address
that is shared between the hosts in the NLB cluster.
For this NLB demo this time, I will be using 03 Server, which is 01 Domain Server and 02 Member Server.
1 – Now switch to the SUB-01 server and open Windows PowerShell ISE
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3 – Once the process complete, open Server Manager, click Tools and verify that Network Load Balancing
Manager is installed
4 Now switch to SUB 02 open Server Manager click Tools and verify also that Network Load Balancing
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4 – Now switch to SUB-02, open Server Manager, click Tools and verify also that Network Load Balancing
Manager is installed
6 – Once the command complete, still in the Windows PowerShell ISE, type
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7 – Now to add a second host to the cluster, still in Windows PowerShell ISE, type
Add-NlbClusterNode -InterfaceName “Ethernet” -NewNodeName “SUB-02” –NewNodeInterface
“Ethernet”
8 – On the SUB-01 Server, open Server Manager, click the Tools and then click Network Load Balancing
Manager
9 – In the Network Load Balancing Manager console, verify that nodes SUB-01 and SUB-02 display with the
status of Converged for the New HelpTeh-NLB cluster
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10 – Next, right-click the NewHelpTech-NLB cluster, and then click Cluster properties
11 – In the NewHelpTech-NLB(172.16.1.100), on the Cluster Parameters tab, verify that the cluster is set to use the
Multicast operations mode
12 – On the Port Rules tab, verify that there is a single port rule named All that starts at port 0 and ends at port
65535 for both TCP and UDP protocols and that it uses Single affinity
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1 – Before we start to configure and manage the NLB Cluster, log on to the SUB-02 server, and create 01 folder
named NewHelpTech in C:\
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6 – Now switch back to the SUB-01 server and open Network Load Balancing Manager, in the Network Load
Balancing Manager console, right-click NewHelpTech-NLB, and then click Cluster Properties
#_# In the NewHelpTech-NLB(172.16.1.100), on the Port Rules tab, select the All port rule, and then click Remove
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8 – In the Add/Edit Port Rule box, enter the following information, and then click OK
• Port range: 80 to 80
• Protocols: Both
• Filtering mode: Multiple Host
• Affinity: None
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In the Add/Edit Port Rule box, enter the following information, and then click OK
• Port range: 5678 to 5678
• Protocols: Both
• Filtering mode: Single Host
11 – In the Network Load Balancing Manager console, right-click SUB-01, and then click Host Properties
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12 – On the Port Rules tab, click the port rule that has 5678 as the Start and End value, and then click Edit
13 – Click the Handling priority value, and change it to 10 and click OK twice to close
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1 – Switch to the SUB-01 server, in the Network Load Balancing Manager console, right-click SUB-01 click
Control Host, and then click Suspend
#_# Verify that node SUB-01 displays as Suspended, and that node SUB-01 displays as Converged
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#_# Verify that both nodes SUB-01 and SUB-02 now display as Converged. You might have to refresh the view
Save
Good luck! Just give it try – I’m sure you’ll love it as well. If you have any comments or questions on feel free
to contact me.
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Anon says:
February 7, 2019 at 12:51 pm
hello, regarding step 5, is the entered IP address is the SUB-01 IP?
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Blog By Sifad Hussain says:
February 9, 2019 at 3:12 pm
Yes..
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xavier says:
February 10, 2020 at 4:36 pm
Hi !
Thank you,
Xavier
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Blog By Sifad Hussain says:
February 15, 2020 at 7:05 pm
What the purpose of the Radius server?
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