
1Introduction
Load Balance
Load balance is a
Protocol | Load Balancing | Failover |
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IP | Yes | Yes |
IPX | Yes* | Yes** |
Other protocols | No | Yes** |
*Only outbound
Load balance mode works with all Ethernet switches without configuring the switch ports to any special trunking mode. Only IP traffic will be
Advanced Server Features for Windows 2000
The following options are supported under Windows 2000 Server operating systems (Server, Advanced Server, Datacenter Server). See “Windows 2000 Driver Setup” on page 25 for additional information.
Failover and Load Balance
■Adapter teaming for failover (heterogeneous support for 3Com 10/100 server NICs, Alteon AceNIC, released Intel 10/100 server NICs, released Intel 1000BaseSX server NICs, and Intel 82559 LAN on Motherboard [LOM])
■Load balance
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Generic Link Aggregation (GEC/FEC, open trunk)
Link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad) static implementation only
Virtual LAN (VLANs)
■Up to 64 VLANs per team using IEEE
Offloading
■IP, TCP/UDP checksum
■Support for segmentation of large TCP packets
■Jumbo frames (9K)
Power Management
■Remote Wake Up (magic packet, specific pattern)
NOTE:
PCI
■Microsoft
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