[isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

  • From: "Jim Harrison" <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:39:19 -0800

Good - that's been answered.

Are these servers in a workgroup or domain environment?

Are you chaining between ISA servers?

Have you configured any web chaining rules?

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bogdan Florin
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 2:28 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

I'm sorry to see you upset.

 

Array properties / IntraArray credentials ... is setup "Authenticate
using the computer account of the Array member"

 

 

It is normal to be the same because this proporites are auotmaticaly
sincronized by the array himself as far as I know.

 

 

Do you have any other ideea ?

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Bogdan Florin

 

________________________________

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 11:38 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

Stop

Playing

With

Your

Network

Configuration

 

Stop

Playing

With

NLB

Settings

 

Check the intra-array authentication settings for each server in the
array.

Make sure that they are *THE SAME* for each server.

 

What; I donn tawk Engrish gud?!?

 

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bogdan Florin
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 1:17 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

ISA1, original ip: xxx.xxx.xxx.187

ISA2, original ip: xxx.xxx.xxx.189

 

I follow the documentation enabling NLB on Internal networks and I
specify the virtual ip as: xxx.xxx.xxx.190 (same subnet)

 

The intra array authentification show problems !

 

Than I add a second interface on both servers  (192.168.254.1 and
192.168.254.2) and I specify that this new one should be for intra
array, I also disabled the firewall as described in documentation:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2004/plan/network_load_balancing_ee
.mspx

 

result > same problems !

 

 

I notice that in Networks I receive this message: You have changed the
network topology. The network diagram does not reflect these changes.
All networks in the network topology are listed in the networks tab.

 And I change topology to Edge Firewall with FULL FULL acces > same
result  > intra array problems !

 

I really have no ideea what can be done.

 

And after every change ..... I wait peacefully till a corect total and
complete sincronization.

 

 

Any ideea is very warm welcome.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Bogdan Florin

 

________________________________

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 5:23 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

It's only a "best practice" if you operate NLB on Windows prior to 2003
SP1.

There is no valid "traffic" or "functionality" requirement to have a
separate intra-array NIC if you're running non-NLB or Windows 2003 SP1
or later.

 

The fact is; changing your network or NLB configuration will not affect
the authentication used to communicate between array members.

Check the authentication selection & IP address defined for each member
in the array - they *MUST AGREE*.

 

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Gerald G. Young
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 7:05 AM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

Well, technically, not exactly, although it is a best practice.

 

There are two ways to work around this. These are:

 

1.      Run NLB in Multicast mode - not something I consider a good idea
because you will most likely end up having to hard code a bunch of
network devices' ARP tables.

2.      Use the UnicastInterHostCommSupport Registry key (assuming
Windows 2003 SP1).

 

The link for 2., above is http://support.microsoft.com/kb/898867.

 

Cordially yours,

Jerry G. Young II

Application Engineer, Platform Engineering and Architecture

NTT America, an NTT Communications Company

 

22451 Shaw Rd.

Sterling, VA 20166

 

Office: 571-434-1319

Fax: 703-333-6749

Email: g.young@xxxxxxxx

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Steve Moffat
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 6:50 AM
To: ISA Mailing List
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

Intra-Array Communication

When you use ISA Server integrated NLB, each computer running ISA Server
services requires an additional network adapter, for intra-array
communication. We recommend that these network adapters be physically
connected to each other (for example, through a single switch), and not
to other network segments, to ensure that they receive only intra-array
communication. You should then configure intra-array communication to
use the IP address of the new adapter on each server. The configuration
procedures are described in the topic Configuring and Securing
Intra-Array Communication in this document.

 

Therefore it needs at least 2 nics

 

S

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bogdan Florin
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 3:00 AM
To: ISA Mailing List
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

I did this and I found interesting documentation.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/isa/2004/plan/network_load_balancing_ee
.mspx

 

please be kind and confirm if my understanding was right:

 

-       to have ISA with one Ethernet card only working in ARRAY there
is also required to configure Network Load Balancing.

 

Or ... TWO Ethernet will be a MUST ?

 

Thank you.

 

 

PS: on Isa 2000 it was simple creating the array, joust add second
server, same settings and work but in 2004 it seems they change
something more.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Bogdan Florin
CEO
InterNetCon - Satellite Internet Services
www.internetcon.ro www.powersat.ro
Phone: +40-264-452383
Cell: +40-740-074031
Cell: +40-788-074031
Fax: +40-264-452207

 

________________________________

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2007 10:21 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] Re: ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

Search the help for "intra-array account".

Make sure that it's set the same for al servers in the array.

 

From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bogdan Florin
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:30 PM
To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [isalist] ISA Intra Array Authentification

 

Dear Colleagues,

 

I come to you with a simple question and I trough that you can help me
faster than any other documentation.

 

We have an ISA Server 2004 connected to our main domain, with only one
interface and used purely for caching. The settings are all ok,
everything works all right. In this enviroments we add another server
with intentions to have 2 servers in array. We would like to make a fail
over at DNS level with same record and two IP.

 

After this array created successfully, there is one error on each ISA
machine:

Description: ISA Server cannot connect to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx proxy server
because the server requires authentication, either when chaining or for
intra-array communication. However authentication failed because the
specified credentials were incorrect. Check authentication credentials
and try again.

 

While XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX is the address of OTHER server. In this spirit I
reach the conclusion that there is a problem in INTRA ARRAY
communication.

 

The second server it have CARP Load factor to 1 and the old server have
CARP Load factor to 100. In this enviroments .... When an end user
connects to the second server it got the following error:

 

?         Error Code: 502 Proxy Error. Logon failure: unknown user name
or bad password. (1326) 

?         IP Address: server isa old

?         Date: 2/6/2007 7:18:37 AM 

?         Server: server isa new

?         Source: proxy 

 

I can only conclude that Intra-Array authentification is the problem.

 

If you can provide me a fast advice I would appreciate very much.

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Bogdan Florin
CEO
InterNetCon - Satellite Internet Services
www.internetcon.ro <http://www.internetcon.ro>  www.powersat.ro
<http://www.powersat.ro> 
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