Adding Nics To A Group; Specifying A Dedicated Ip Address - 3Com EtherLink 10/100 PCI NIC Series User Manual

Adding NICs to a Group

Specifying a Dedicated
IP Address
1 Click the Load Balance/RSL tab.
2 In the Load Balance/RSL window:
Select a group from the Load Balancing/RSL Groups list.
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Select a NIC from the Network Interface Cards list.
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3 Click Add NIC.
The NIC appears as part of the group in the Load Balancing/RSL list box.
If you click Add NIC repeatedly, NICs are added to the group in the order that they
are listed after the first NIC you selected.
Bidirectional load balancing requires that you specify a dedicated IP address for the
load balancing group. This address specifies a Network ID and a Host ID, and it
must be unique (not used elsewhere on the network). For example:
Byte 1
Class A Network ID
125
Class B Network ID
139
Class C Network ID
193
You can specify the dedicated IP address in the Create Group or Group Properties
dialog boxes. You cannot specify the bytes for the Network ID; they are fixed.
Specify the bytes for the Host ID for various classes of subnets as follows:
Class Byte 1
A 126
B 128–191
C 192–223
Byte 2 Byte 3
Host ID
24 1
Host ID
25 2
26 3
Specify only bytes
2, 3, and 4 (the three rightmost boxes).
3 and 4 (the two rightmost boxes).
4 (the rightmost box).
DynamicAccess Server Features
Byte 4
253
253
Host ID
253
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