Srv 2008 RDP breaks

[NathanASG]

Here's the scenario - 2 node 2008 SCC. Everything is working with a single NIC active on each node (mixed communication). When I plug in the second NIC (heartbeat - which is configured with a private address) on each host, I can RDP to one host but RDP to the other does not work anymore. The server is still online - services running, responding to ICMP, WMI access, etc - just can't RDP into it. I have checked and changed NIC binding orders, checked for new updates, rebooted the server, checked Windows services - nothing looks wrong and nothing seems to resolve the issue. Except unplugging the second NIC on the "affected" server - if I unplug the second NIC, I can now RDP into the server again.

Obvioulsy I am concerned and do not want to install Exchange on the cluster yet until the heartbeat is connected and working properly along with RDP to the server...

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Nate

 

[ncoth]

Anyone find an answer? I'm having the same problem.

 

[RSchwarz]

No one has been able to find the answer to this problem. There is a couple similiar threads and they all ran into deadends.