Switch, hub, pretty much anything works as long as it suports IP multicast.
The actual communication volume is very low. That would be a perfect use
for an old RG-58 Ethernet cable, if you could find cards that still
supported that connection. As I noted, you will need to have the cluster
private network on a separate subnet. Don't route it or register the
connections in DNS.
--
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"SQL Question" wrote in message
> Geoff,
>
> I have been reading the article and have a question. On page 4 at the
> very
> bottom, you said that for a two-node cluster a crossover cable is good for
> the cluster private network. It makes me wondering how do you do the
> connection if there are more than two nodes. A switch with all the nodes
> as
> peer?
>
> "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote:
>
>> Narrative form, but pretty comprehensive.
>>
>> http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/searchSQLServer/downloads/SQL_Cl...er_Ezin
>>
>>
>> --
>> Geoff N. Hiten
>> Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
>> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>>
>>
>> "Alberto Brivio" wrote in message
>>
>> > Dear ALL,
>> >
>> > I have a two-node win2003 cluster where I'm going to install SQL server
>> > 2005.
>> >
>> > Please, anyone of you could give me a link where I can find
>> > documentation
>> > about installation steps?
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards
>> >
>> > Alberto Brivio
>> >
>>
>> >> Stay informed about: Installation check-list 
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