Connecting the Web Servers
The following procedure describes how to connect and configure the network adapters on each Web server during deployment. Each Web server uses two network adapters: one for communicating with clients on the Internet, the other for communicating with servers in the database tier.
The following figure illustrates a sample network configuration for a Web cluster consisting of three Web servers.
To connect the Web servers
- Connect the front-end network adapter (for communicating with clients on the Internet) to a hub that is connected to the external firewall.
- In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties of this adapter, enter the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway. The IP address entered in this step specifies the dedicated IP address for this server.
- Connect the back-end network adapter (for communicating with back-end databases) to a hub that is connected to an internal firewall (separating the Web tier from the database tier).
- In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties of this adapter, enter the IP address, Subnet mask, and leave the Default gateway blank.
- Repeat steps 1-4 for each Web server using different IP addresses.
Network configuration is complete on the Web servers. To install Network Load Balancing (NLB), see Clustering the Web Servers.
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