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network
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A cluster object that carries internal communication between nodes and/or provides client access to cluster resources.
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network interface
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network interface card (NIC)
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A hardware plug-in board that connects a node to a local area network. If the node is a member of a failover cluster, the network interface is a cluster object.
Also called adapter card.
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Network Load Balancing cluster
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One of two types of clusters provided by Windows Clustering that distributes and load balances network connections among servers, providing high availability and scalability for stateless TCP/IP applications and services.
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Network Name resource
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An network name being managed as a cluster resource by the Network Name resource type. A Network Name resource must be used with an IP Address resource, a combination referred to as a failover cluster instance.
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network partition
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Situation that occurs when all networks designated to carry internal cluster communication fail and nodes cannot receive heartbeat signals from each other. Also known as split brain syndrome.
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NIC
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node
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A Microsoft Windows Server system that is an active or inactive member of a server cluster.
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Node Manager
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Software component in the Cluster service that maintains all node and network configuration and state information. Also controls operation of the cluster network driver.
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node version
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Two version numbers that describe the lowest and highest versions of the Cluster service with which a node is compatible. A node's version is compared with the cluster version before it is allowed to join the cluster. The NodeHighestVersion and NodeLowestVersion properties specify the node version.