# Setting up load balancing on a SharePoint farm running on Windows Server 2008

- Link: https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/2015/09/24/setting-up-load-balancing-on-a-sharepoint-farm-running-on-windows-server-2008/
- Published: 2015-09-24T06:12:46+05:30
- Author: Deviprasad Panda

#### 1. Install Network Load Balancing Feature on each Web Front End

On each front end in the farm, within **Server Manager**, add the **[NLB](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/network-load-balancing)
[feature](https://atomic-temporary-119393429.wpcomstaging.com/server-roles-windows-server/)**:

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Click **Install **and wait a bit

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#### 2.Add a New Cluster

Through the start menu, **Administrator Tools**, click **Network Load Balancing 
Manager**:

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**Right click Network Load Balancing Clusters**, and choose **New Cluster**

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Type the **IP address** of one of the **web fronts** in the farm to serve as the
first host in the cluster

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Click **Connect**.

Click **next**.

Leave the defaults and click **next **again:

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#### 3.Set Cluster IP Address

This IP Address is the **dedicated IP **address for the cluster and is what DNS 
will point to, to get load balanced between the front ends. On the Cluster IP Addresses
box, click **Add **and type an available **dedicated IP** address and **subnet mask**:

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Optionally, you can setup many clusters IPs for fault tolerance purposes, but for
most cases you’ll just have one:

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Click next.

#### 4.Specify Cluster Parameters

Select the Multicast operation mode, and click next:

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#### 5.Specify Port Rules

Click edit on the default port rule:

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Deselect the “All” checkbox, and choose the Network filtering mode:

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Click Ok.

Click Finish.

After finish, the NLB manager will show it has begun the configurations changes.
If you’re in a remote desktop to the server, you’ll lose your connection temporarily
while it re-configures:

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#### 6.Add Any Additional Hosts to the Cluster

Now that the cluster is ready to go, you can add additional hosts/web front ends.
Right click on the cluster IP address and click Add Host To Cluster and type the
IP of another web front end in the farm. Repeat until they’re all added.

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