Portrules

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Portrules specifies details about the port rules used for the cluster, including a port rule’s name, virtual IP address, protocol, mode, and so on.

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 Element

Portrule

Specifies details about a port rule used for a cluster, such as its name, IP address, protocol, mode, and so on.

Valid Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-NetworkLoadBalancing-Core | Clusters | Cluster | Portrules

Applies To

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

XML Example

<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>