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Active Route removed on Windows Server Failover ClusterArticle ID: 2161341 - View products that this article applies to. SYMPTOMSWhen you add a static persistent route to a network adapter that is on a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster and take a clustered IP Address offline (or move it to another node), the “Active” route is removed and no connections can be made using this route even though it still shows as persistent when running the ROUTE PRINT command Once you bring the Clustered IP Address back online, the active route is returned. CAUSEWhen a clustered IP Address goes offline, it takes the "active" route down that was added as a persistent route as well. This will only occur when both of the following are true: 1. Windows Server 2008 or Server 2008 R2 Failover Clustering is configured 2. Static Routes are being added with ROUTE.EXE RESOLUTIONWhen using the ROUTE.EXE command, the most common command to add a persistent would be this: route -p add 10.51.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.44.60.1 This command does not specify the specific interface to bind to. Because it is not bound to a specific interface, it is removed as an active route. In the example above, the route being specified to the gateway is the same card (network) that a Clustered IP Address is on.To keep the "active" route, you must also specify the interface as part of the command. For example, if the network card interface is 18, the command would be: route -p add 10.51.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 10.44.60.1 if 18 MORE INFORMATIONIn Windows 2008 and above, the supported method for adding a persistent route is to also include the network card interface. There are two methods to determine the interface number of the network card. When executing the ROUTE PRINT or NETSH command, it will give you the interfaces at the top first. Something similar to this: C:\>route print IPv4 Route Table ======================================== Interface List 23 ...00 15 5d 4a ac 06 ...... Local Gigabit Controller 19 ...00 15 5d 4a ac 01 ...... Local Gigabit Controller #2 18 ...00 15 5d 4a ac 00 ...... Local Gigabit Controller #3 ======================================== -or- C:\>netsh int ipv4 show int Idx Met MTU State Name --- --- ----- ----------- ------------------- 18 50 4294967295 connected Local Gigabit Controller #3 19 5 1500 connected Local Gigabit Controller #2 23 5 1500 connected Local Gigabit Controller Note This is a "FAST PUBLISH" article created directly from within the Microsoft support organization. The information contained herein is provided as-is in response to emerging issues. As a result of the speed in making it available, the materials may include typographical errors and may be revised at any time without notice. See Terms of Use
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