NEC 5800/320MA Updating a Team’s Ethernet Address, To verify the Ethernet address for a team

Configuring Ethernet PCI Adapters

5.If necessary, reset the Ethernet address of the team. See “Updating a Team’s Ethernet Address” on page 2-32.

6.If you have not already done so, connect the new Ethernet PCI adapters to the network.

7.Verify the configuration of the team. See “Verifying the Configuration of Teams and VLANs” on page 2-23.

Updating a Team’s Ethernet Address

When you replace a primary PCI adapter, you must assign the correct Ethernet address to the team before you connect the new primary adapter to the network.

Typically, the Ethernet address of a team is the permanent MAC address of the primary adapter. When you replace a primary adapter, the team by default continues to use the MAC address of the adapter you removed. Therefore, after you replace an adapter, you must assign the team an Ethernet address that matches the permanent MAC address of one of the Ethernet PCI adapters currently in the system.

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The network connection is disrupted when you update a team’s Ethernet address.

If necessary, verify that the team’s current Ethernet address is identical to the permanent Ethernet address of one of the team members.

To verify the Ethernet address for a team

1.Start the PROSet utility if you have not already done so (see “Starting PROSet” on page 2-7).

2.To obtain the current Ethernet address of a team, click the appropriate team in the left pane of the Intel(R) PROSet for Wired Connections dialog box, then click the Team Configuration tab. Note the value of Ethernet Address under Team Information (Figure 2-19).

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