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That's the road I was just starting to go down. &nbsp;Saw that exact same article &nbsp;Also was reading this: &nbsp;<a href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1006525" rel="ugc nofollow">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1006525</a>
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That's the road I was just starting to go down.  Saw that exact same article  Also was reading this:  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1006525 [http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1006525]

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Yes, STATIC ARP and MAC &nbsp;entries ARE REQUIRED not optionally!<br />
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We put them on all uplink ports as well!<br />
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So every port you would expect to see the traffic......<br />
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So that means on the physical port the server is patched into.<br />
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If that switch uplinks to another switch.....for your clients, that also needs to have them.
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Yes, STATIC ARP and MAC  entries ARE REQUIRED not optionally!

We put them on all uplink ports as well!

So every port you would expect to see the traffic......

So that means on the physical port the server is patched into.

If that switch uplinks to another switch.....for your clients, that also needs to have them.

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I setup a MS NLB for a SharePoint deployment. &nbsp;I have two virtual servers hosted on ESXi 5.0 with an OS of Server 2012 R2. &nbsp;The NLB is setup between the two servers with the cluster operation mode set to multicast and filtering mode affinity is network. &nbsp;I have one virtual NIC on each of the servers. &nbsp;Originally, the NLB is working but then fails to reply to a ping the following day. &nbsp;Thoughts?
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I setup a MS NLB for a SharePoint deployment.  I have two virtual servers hosted on ESXi 5.0 with an OS of Server 2012 R2.  The NLB is setup between the two servers with the cluster operation mode set to multicast and filtering mode affinity is network.  I have one virtual NIC on each of the servers.  Originally, the NLB is working but then fails to reply to a ping the following day.  Thoughts?

Setup Microsoft NLB for SharePoint 2013

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Windows Server 2012

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.

Microsoft SharePoint

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VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.