Whats the minimum no. of IP addresses I need to setup a SQL Server 2000
cluster and where do I need to use them ? Need to grab some from my n/w
admins . Just testing the clusters

Hi Hassan,

You need one IP address each public NIC in each node. The private network
can use IP addresses like 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2 so your network admins
won't have to give them to you. You'll need one for the cluster IP address
and one for the SQL Server IP address.

If you have 2 nodes and each one has one public NIC, you'll need 4 IP
addresses:
1 for NIC on node 1
1 for NIC on node 2
1 for cluster IP
1 for SQL IP

Regards,
Shirley
SQL Server Support

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Why do you say that the 10.0.0.x need not be given by the n/w admins ? Are
they special IPs ?

"Shirley Kelly [MS]" <skelly (AT) online (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

The private network is used for heartbeat communications between the
cluster nodes. No public traffic goes across those IP addresses. That's
why you can use anything for them.


Regards,
Shirley
SQL Server Support

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Why do you need one IP address for SQL Cluster ? Can we not just use the one
for the Windows Cluster ?

"Shirley Kelly [MS]" <skelly (AT) online (DOT) microsoft.com> wrote

SQL and the cluster each require a separate IP address and a separate
network name. SQL Server should not be installed into the same group as
the cluster resources. It should be installed in its own group with disk
resources.


Regards,
Shirley
SQL Server Support

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