Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

To configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster on Windows Server 2016, the network cards on the servers must be on the same subnet, and the IP addresses must be static. Additionally, the NLB cluster must use either multicast or unicast, but not a mixed environment of both. Therefore, configuring the network cards to be on the same subnet, having static IP addresses, and using multicast for the cluster meets the goal.

The solution does not meet the goal because the IP addresses of the servers in the NLB cluster must be static, not dynamic. Using dynamic IP addresses can lead to potential issues in maintaining consistent communication and network stability within the cluster. Additionally, having the network cards on the same subnet and using multicast is correct, but it does not compensate for the requirement of static IP addresses for all hosts in the cluster.

To properly configure a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster, all hosts in the cluster must reside on the same subnet and the IP addresses must be static. Additionally, unicast mode is a supported configuration for NLB, provided the network adapters are set up to change their MAC addresses if necessary. Given that these conditions are met in the described solution, the configuration is correct and meets the goal.

To ensure that virtual machines can be moved between hosts without causing network disconnection, the virtual switches on both the source and destination hosts must have identical names. In the provided scenario, Host3 uses Switch1 and Host4 uses Switch2. Since their virtual switch names differ, implementing live migration between Host3 and Host4 would lead to a pause during migration to prompt the user to select a destination switch, which could cause a disruption. Therefore, live migration between Host3 and Host4 does not meet the goal.

Live migration in a Hyper-V environment requires several conditions to be met in order to move virtual machines between hosts without disconnecting them from the network. One crucial requirement is that the processors on both the source and destination hosts must be compatible. In this scenario, Host1 and Host2 have different processor types (Intel and AMD, respectively), making them incompatible for live migration. Additionally, the virtual switches on both hosts have different names (Switch1 on Host1 and Switch2 on Host2), which will also cause issues during migration. Therefore, implementing live migration with Host1 and Host2 will not meet the goal of ensuring uninterrupted network connectivity for the virtual machines.