That is true. Direct the client to communuicate with the IP of an auxiliary
card. All large quantity data communication from the client to the server will
go to the auxiliary IP, however, the communication from the server will return
to the client via the primary NIC. This is not really a problem since it is
brief cammands for the most part. The  clinker is during restores.

Gene Klaus





"Barth, Terry (MBS)" <Terry.Barth AT MORTGAGEFAMILY DOT COM> on 11/20/2000 
10:37:40 AM

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cc:    (bcc: Eugene A Klaus/Flagstar_notes)
Subject:  Re: NIC Question



But I have heard that you can set up the 3 NIC cards to be independent for
the backups.

My problem is, when we kick off a backup, since these 3 NIC cards on a the
same VLAN, the switch drops the MAC address of the other 2 and thus, floods
the VLAN.

Any suggestions?