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I am currently running a Hyper-V 2012 clustering and when I bridge two of our network adapters I get a warning stating:<br />
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&quot;Clustering Services have been detected on this node. Certain clustering functionality may be impaired by the Network Bridge&quot;.<br />
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Does anyone know what functionality may be impaired? &nbsp;I hate these vague references and I can't find any MS articles about it.<br />
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There is a reason why I am bridging adapters instead of using teaming or NLB so please only post answers that directly relate to clustering functionality impairment please.
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I am currently running a Hyper-V 2012 clustering and when I bridge two of our network adapters I get a warning stating:

"Clustering Services have been detected on this node. Certain clustering functionality may be impaired by the Network Bridge".

Does anyone know what functionality may be impaired?  I hate these vague references and I can't find any MS articles about it.

There is a reason why I am bridging adapters instead of using teaming or NLB so please only post answers that directly relate to clustering functionality impairment please.

Network bridge and clustering functionality with Hyper-V

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