Primary Site with 2 NIC's
My primary site have two NIC's and i want to use one NIC for "Administration/MP porposes" and the second NIC for PXE/Distribution tasks.
I know that for PXE i can configure the role to repond request on a specific NIC.
As far as I know, when the client gets the image package in my DP, it will connect to the
default NIC at the primary site.
Is there a way to forces the client to connect to my second NIC for get the packages and leave the first NIC only for Administration/MP?
Thanks,Eduardo Leal
November 25th, 2010 11:24am
Hi Eduardo,
There is no feature in ConfigMgr. that can assist you with that (to my knowledge). What you have to do is make sure the TCP/IP settings are configured in a way that the server will answer the clients on the specific NIC for DP/MP requests.Kent Agerlund | http://scug.dk/ | The Danish community for System Center products
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November 25th, 2010 11:45am
That's what i am afraid.
I thinked about do a DNS round robin between my NIC's. I want to reduce my network load when deploying images and apply polices.
What i really want to do is to divide this traffic.
I'll continue to think how can i achieve this.
Thanks any way.Eduardo Leal
November 25th, 2010 1:45pm
If your goal is to divide traffic between the two nics then nic teaming is your best bet. Most hardware vendors have their own teaming software. These usually present the OS with only one virtual nic so there is no configuration on the ConfigMgr part.
Another option is using NLB, but this is not supported by all ConfigMgr roles (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb633031.aspx)
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November 25th, 2010 2:14pm