Cluster Network Configuration IP Address - how to configure?
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This may be a silly question, but i cant find an answer in the MSDN article or any other blogs on the topic.
When setting up sql server clustering there is a window where you enter the IP address for the SQL Cluster.
This obviously has to be a valid IP Address on the domain, but heres where i get confused.
Do i need to configure that IP to be a static ip on the DomainController, or do i just pick an IP address in range?
Im pretty sure il need to configure it to be a static IP on the DomainController, but not having access to windows server and domain controller to set up a cluster right now i cant test anything to confirm.
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You can either use a static IP address or a DHCP assigned IP address. I'm assuming you mean DHCP when you say IP address on the domain controller.
If you assign a DHCP address then you almost definitely want to put a reservation on this in your DHCP scope.
Otherwise just pick a free address in your range. I use Solarwinds IP address tracker to track which IPs have been assigned on my networks.
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I would remove the dependency on the DHCP server and assign static IP addresses for all nodes on the cluster. Keep DHCP for the clients
Robert
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DHCP is actually a good way to manage static IP assignments to servers as well as clients, its just never been supported until now (sql\windows 2008)
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thanks for the info guys. its helped clear up my questions.
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