Checklist: Enabling and configuring Network Load Balancing
| Step | Reference |
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| Read "Best practices." | Network Load Balancing Best practices |
| Read "Network Load Balancing system requirements." | Network Load Balancing system requirements |
| Read "Planning your Network Load Balancing cluster." | Planning Your Network Load Balancing Cluster |
| (Optional) Install a second network adapter. | Single network adapter limitations |
| Have ready the cluster's full Internet name. | See Full internet name in Network Load Balancing parameters |
| Have ready the cluster's primary IP address. | See IP address on the Cluster Parameters tab in Network Load Balancing parameters; |
| Have ready the subnet mask for the cluster. | See Subnet mark in Network Load Balancing parameters |
| Have ready the current IP address for each host in the cluster. | See IP address on the Host Parameters tab in Network Load Balancing parameters; |
| Have ready the subnet mask for each host in the cluster. | See Subnet mark in Network Load Balancing parameters |
| Read "Cluster parameters." | See Cluster parameters in Network Load Balancing parameters |
Carefully consider how to configure the following:
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See Cluster Operation Mode, Remote password, Confirm password, and Remote control in Network Load Balancing parameters.
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| Read "Host parameters." | See Host parameters in Network Load Balancing parameters |
Carefully consider how to configure the following:
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See Priority ID and Initial host state in Network Load Balancing parameters
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| Read "Port rules." | See Port rules in Network Load Balancing parameters |
Carefully consider how to configure the following:
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See Port range, Protocols, Filtering mode, Affinity, Load weight, and Handling priority in Network Load Balancing parameters
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| Enable and configure Network Load Balancing. | Enable Network Load Balancing |
