Allied Telesis AT-2916SX, AT-2972SX, AT2972SX/2 manual Configuring Teaming

Chapter 2: Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS 2) Applications

Configuring Teaming

The teaming function allows you to group available network devices together to function as a team. Teaming is a method of creating a virtual LAN (a group of multiple devices that function as a single device). The benefit of this approach is that it enables load balancing and failover. You use BASP to set up teaming. For more information about BASP, see “Overview” on page 20.

Note

BASP is available only on computers that use at least one Allied Telesyn Gigabit Ethernet adapter or other Broadcom NetXtreme devices.

An example of teaming is shown in Figure 10. This example shows three network adapters in the Available Adapters list. When these adapters are moved to the Load Balance Members list, they function as a single adapter—that is, each member shares the traffic burden.

Figure 10. New Team Configuration Window

There are four types of load balance teams:

ˆSmart Load Balance and Failover. In this type of team, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the load balance members fail (a failover event). All load balance members have to fail before the standby member takes over. When one or more of the load balance members is restored (fallback), the restored team member(s) resumes the handling the traffic.

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