To change how the cluster uses a network

1. Open Cluster Administrator.
2. In the console tree, double-click to expand Cluster Configuration, and then click Networks.
3. In the details pane, click the appropriate network.
4. On the File menu, click Properties.
5. Under Enable this network for cluster use, specify how you want the network to be used by the cluster:
• To use the network for communication with clients and between nodes, click All communications (mixed network).
• To use the network only for communications between nodes, click Internal cluster communications only (private network).
• To use the network only for communications with clients, click Client access only (public network).

Notes

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• It is strongly recommended that at least two networks be configured for communication among nodes (either private or mixed). For more information, see "Best practices for configuring and operating server clusters" in Related Topics.

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