Cluster IP Address Resource Fails with Many IP Address Resources Defined

ID: Q248605

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition version 4.0
Microsoft Cluster Server, version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

If you create many IP address resources with the "Enable Netbios" option enabled, one or more resources may fail if the total number of Netbios enabled addresses on the system exceeds 64.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because Netbios has a table limit of 64 IP Addresses. In most cases, this number of IP addresses might be used for World Wide Web or FTP resources which do not require an entry in the Netbios table.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this behavior, allow the "Enable Netbios" option to be checked only on IP Address resources that have a Network Name resource dependent on it, or when the address is used with Netbios.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional query words: mscs netbios IP address fail

Keywords : kbnetwork
Version : winnt:1.0,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb