PRIMECLUSTER GLS for Windows User's Guide 4.3

1.3 System Requirements for GLS

In order to use GLS functions, your system must satisfy the requirements and conform to the restrictions listed below.

Requirements

Table 1.2 Requirements

Environment	Condition	Comment
Supported OS	Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise Edition Windows Server 2003 R2, Standard x64 Edition Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition Windows Server 2008 Foundation Windows Server 2008 Standard Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter	-
Supported hardware (NIC)	PRIMERGY series PRIMEQUEST series	For more details, refer to the GLS Software Release Guide.
Compatible protocol	IP (Internet Protocol) Version 4 IP (Internet Protocol) Version 6	-
Compatible network device	Switch with MAC address learning function	For communication by VLAN tagging, must support IEEE802.1Q.
	Switch or network device for which an IP address can be set and that responds to pinging.	Required for ping monitoring.
Shared physical adapter between virtual adapters	Use the same adapter	With Windows TCP/IP, because it is possible to set multiple IP addresses for a single adapter, there is no need to create multiple virtual adapters on the VLAN.

Note

GLS virtual adapters cannot be used in the following cases:

• For checking packet transfer at recipient adapters in network applications

• When Windows Server's NLB (Network Load Balancing) is in use

Restrictions

Table 1.3 Restrictions

Item		Restriction	Comment
Number of LAN adapters that can be bundled		Up to two per virtual adapter	You cannot specify GLS virtual adapters as adapters to be bundled by GLS.
Number of IP addresses that can be defined		Depends on Windows restrictions	There are no GLS restrictions.
Number of MAC addresses that can be defined	Unicast	One	-
	Multicast	Cannot be set
	Broadcast
Number of virtual adapters that can be defined		Up to 16	Use the hanetconfig command to set the number. For more details, refer to "6.2.2 hanetconfig."
Valid range for VLAN ID		1 - 4095	Note that the VLAN IDs of connecting virtual adapters must not be the same. Use the hanetconfig command to set the ID. For more details, refer to "6.2.2 hanetconfig."