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 Windows® Assessment and Deployment (Windows ADK) Technical Reference.

Child Elements

Cluster

Specifies details about a cluster, such as its interface, IP address, port rules, and so on.

Valid Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Applies To

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

XML Example

The following XML output for the Clusters setting shows how to set up a cluster for network load balancing.

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<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>

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