Guest Joe Brown Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 We have 3 SMTP servers. Several internal apps use these for relaying. Most of these apps only allow for one SMTP server when sending out alerts. If the server the app points too is unavavailbe then the apps can't send out emails. Can these be placed behind a CISCO load balancer? Is it supported? Are there any caveats?
Guest Phillip Windell Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Re: Load balanced SMTP servers "Joe Brown" <JoeBrown@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3DA61D2A-29A3-4B35-83D0-C68372EBE15D@microsoft.com... > We have 3 SMTP servers. Several internal apps use these for relaying. > Most > of these apps only allow for one SMTP server when sending out alerts. If > the > server the app points too is unavavailbe then the apps can't send out > emails. > Can these be placed behind a CISCO load balancer? Is it supported? Are > there any caveats? Don't know anything about a CISCO load balancer Barely know anything about Windows NLB But... You use Windows NLB (Enterprise Edition of Server OS). Mail enabled applications don't use the IP# of the individual servers,...they use the IP# of the NLB cluster. The "IP# of the NLB" cluster is always the "IP# of the NLB" cluster no matter what machines are dead or alive within the cluster. The CISCO product probably works on the same prinicple,..dunno. -- Phillip Windell http://www.wandtv.com The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated with me, including my cats. -----------------------------------------------------
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