DOCUMENT:Q193601  11-JUN-2002  [winnt]
TITLE   :Registry Parameters for Windows NT Load Balancing Service
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT
PROD/VER:winnt:1.0,4.0
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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0 
 - Microsoft Windows NT Load Balancing Service 1.0 
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   Q256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

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The following registry parameters can be modified to change the behavior of
Windows NT Load Balancing Service (WLBS).

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that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot
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The registry parameters for WLBS are specified under the following key:

   
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WLBS\Parameters

   AliveMsgPeriod
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 100 - 10000
   Default = 1000
   Specifies the period in milliseconds between "I am alive" status messages
   broadcast by each host.

   AliveMsgTolerance
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 5 - 100
   Default = 5
   Specifies the number of periods to wait after the last message from a host
   before it is declared dead.

   ClusterIPAddress
   Data type = REG_SZ
   Specifies the IP address of the WLBS cluster (also configurable through the
   GUI).

   ClusterName
   Data type = REG_SZ
   Specifies the name used of the WLBS cluster (also configurable through the
   GUI).

   ClusterNetworkAddress
   Data type = REG_SZ
   Specifies the media access control address used by the WLBS cluster (also
   configurable through the GUI).

   ClusterNetworkMask
   Data type = REG_SZ
   Specifies the network mask used by the WLBS cluster (also configurable through
   the GUI).

   ClusterModeOnStart
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 or 1
   Default = 0
   Specifies whether WLBS should start on boot up (also configurable through the
   GUI).

   ConnectionCleanupDelay
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 - 3600000
   Default = 300000
   Specifies TCP connection cleanup delay between cluster mode restarts in
   milliseconds.

   DedicatedIPAddress
   Data type = REG_SZ
   Specifies the dedicated IP address of the WLBS host's NIC (also configurable
   through the GUI).

   DedicatedNetworkMask
   Data type = REG_SZ
   Specifies the dedicated network mask of the WLBS host's NIC (also configurable
   through the GUI).

   DescriptorsPerAlloc
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 16 - 1024
   Default = 512 Specifies the number of connection descriptors allocated at a
   time.

   HostPriority
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 1 - 32
   Default = 1
   Specifies the value for the Host Priority (also configurable through the GUI).

   IPToMACEnable
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 or 1
   Default = 0
   Enables automatic network address derivation from primary cluster IP address.

   LicenseKey
   Data type = REG_SZ
   Specifies the license key used by the WLBS cluster (also configurable through
   the GUI).

   MaxDescriptorsAlloc
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 1 - 512
   Default = 512
   Specifies the maximum number of times connection descriptors can be allocated.

   MaskSourceMAC
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 or 1
   Default = 1
   Set to 1 masks source media access control address in outbound packets,
   preventing switches from learning and forcing them to broadcast packets for
   unknown addresses to all ports. Set to 0 disables masking of the media access
   control address.

   MulticastSupportEnable
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 or 1
   Default = 0
   Enables multicast mode.

   MulticastARPEnable
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 or 1
   Default = 0
   Enables ARPing from cluster IP to multicast media access control in multicast
   mode.

   NBTSupportEnable
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 or 1
   Default = 1
   Enables NBT cluster computer name support.

   RemoteControlEnabled
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 0 or 1
   Default = 1
   Enables remote control.

   RemoteControlUDPPort
   Data type = REG_DWORD
   Range = 1 - 65535
   Default = 2504
   Specifies remote control UDP port for WLBS to use.

Additional query words: Convoy WLBS

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