Portrules

Applies To: Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

Portrules specifies details about the port rules used for the cluster, including a port rule’s name, virtual IP address, protocol, mode, and so on.

Note

To enable this Network Load Balancing setting, the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package must be enabled in the Windows® image you are installing. To do this, use Windows System Image Manager to add the Microsoft-Windows-Foundation-Package to your answer file, and then configure the NetworkLoadBalancingFullServer package to enable it. For more information about adding and configuring packages, see the Windows® Assessment and Deployment (Windows ADK) Technical Reference.

Child Element

Portrule

Specifies details about a port rule used for a cluster, such as its name, IP address, protocol, mode, and so on.

Valid Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-NetworkLoadBalancing-Core | Clusters | Cluster | Portrules

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-NetworkLoadBalancing-Core.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to specify details about the port rules used for the cluster.

<Portrules>
   <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule1">
      <VirtualIpAddress>255.255.255.255</VirtualIpAddress>
      <Protocol>TCP</Protocol>
      <StartPort>0</StartPort>
      <EndPort>65535</EndPort>
      <Mode>MultipleHost</Mode>
      <EqualLoad>true</EqualLoad>
      <ClientAffinity>None</ClientAffinity>
   </Portrule>
   <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule2">
       <VirtualIpAddress>10.100.0.223</VirtualIpAddress>
       <Protocol>Both</Protocol>
       <StartPort>80</StartPort>
       <EndPort>80</EndPort>
       <Mode>MultipleHost</Mode>
       <LoadWeight>100</LoadWeight>
       <ClientAffinity>Single</ClientAffinity>
   </Portrule>
   <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule3">
       <VirtualIpAddress>10.100.0.99</VirtualIpAddress>
       <Protocol>TCP</Protocol>
       <StartPort>23</StartPort>
       <EndPort>23</EndPort>
       <Mode>Disabled</Mode>
   </Portrule>
   <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule4">
       <VirtualIpAddress>255.255.255.255</VirtualIpAddress>
       <Protocol>UDP</Protocol>
       <StartPort>25</StartPort>
       <EndPort>25</EndPort>
       <Mode>MultipleHost</Mode>
       <EqualLoad>true</EqualLoad>
       <ClientAffinity>Network</ClientAffinity>
   </Portrule>
   <Portrule wcm:keyValue="Portrule5">
        <VirtualIpAddress>10.100.0.223</VirtualIpAddress>
        <Protocol>TCP</Protocol>
        <StartPort>3389</StartPort>
        <EndPort>3389</EndPort>
        <Mode>SingleHost</Mode>
        <HostPriority>1</HostPriority>
   </Portrule>
</Portrules>

See Also

Concepts

Cluster