Private "Heartbeat" Adapter Should Not Have External Reference

• Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

SUMMARY

Private interconnects that have no physical route outside the network should not be configured for Domain Name System (DNS) or Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), or have a default gateway.

MORE INFORMATION

An adapter that is configured for internal cluster use only (that does not have a physical route outside the host) may cause problems that appear to be related to an external router. Typically, everything functions normally inside the server's subnet. However, outside the subnet, the reply to a request may be routed to the private interconnect and operations may not succeed because of TCP/IP misroutes.

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q140859 TCP/IP Routing Basics for Windows NT

Q193890 Recommend WINS Configuration for Microsoft Cluster Server

Additional query words: mscs

Keywords : kbenv kbhw
Version : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbinfo