DAG’s Best practice Network Configuration
I thought of putting up a table showing the recommended way of configuring network cards for Mailbox Servers within one DAG…
| Adaptor Component | MAPI NIC Setting |
Replication NIC Setting |
| Client for Microsoft Networks | Enabled | Disabled |
| QoS Packet Scheduler | Optional | Optional |
| File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks | Enabled | Disabled |
| Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IP v6) | Optional | Optional |
| Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP v4) | Enabled | Enabled |
| Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver | Enabled | Enabled |
| Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder | Enabled | Enabled |
| Register Connection in DNS | Enabled | Disabled |
| Default Gateway | Enabled | Disabled (use static routes) |
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Swaminathan
Team @ MSExchangeGuru
