

On Server1 launch PowerShell to configure NLB on the first server, type the following CMDlet, New-NLBCluster -Interface “Ethernet” -OperationMode Multicast -ClusterPrimaryIP 172.16.10.101 -ClusterName USSHQNLB

To view a complete list of NLB CMDlets type the following CMDlet, Get-command -module NetworkLoadBalancingClusters

Note: In Windows Server 2008R2 the CMDlet to install a windows feature is add-windowsfeature. To install the NLB feature and NLB-RSAT tool set type the following, Install-windowsfeature NLB,RSAT-NLB Installing Network Load Balancing Cluster. In this blog we will be exploring some of the new CMDlets. When the NLB-RSAT are installed 35 new NLB related CMDlets are available. One of the major improvements to NLB in Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows Server 2012 is the addition of a NetworkLoadBalancingClusters module to PowerShell.
