Configuring Advanced Server Features
Accessing the Advanced Server Features Driver Interface
Use this procedure to access the NIC properties for teaming configuration:
1Click the Start menu, and then select Settings/Control Panel.
2Select Network and
The Advanced Server Features window appears.
Interface components of the Advanced Server Features driver properties window are described below:
■Select or enter a team name.
This entry field is used to select or enter a team name.
■Unassigned NICs
This list displays all of the NICs that are available to be added to a team. Because each NIC can be added to only one team, the NIC is removed from this list after it has been assigned to a team.
■Team Type
Load Balance and Failover: Load balancing
FEC/GEC: Also known as general trunking. No standby NIC is allowed when this option is selected.
■Team members
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This list displays all NICs that belong to a selected team. Standby NICs
This list displays the standby NIC selected for failover for a selected team. VLAN List
This list displays all the VLANs that have been created for the selected team.
Creating a Team and Assigning NICs
A failover team comprises at least one primary NIC (a standby NIC is optional). Each NIC can belong to only one team. To configure a new failover team, access the Advanced Server Features Driver Properties window and perform the following steps:
1Enter a team name in the “Select or enter a team name” entry field.
2Click Create Team.
NOTE: All other NICs added to the team are reconfigured automatically to match the team configuration. When the basic configuration properties of a team are changed, this changes the configuration of all NICs in the team. However, when a NIC is removed from any failover teams, it will operate according to
the parameters set for it before becoming a member of a failover team.
3Add a NIC to the team.
■In the Unassigned NICs list, select the NIC(s) that you want to add to the team created in the previous step. Move the selected NICs to the Team Members list box using the double arrows.
■When you have finished configuring failover teams, click OK to accept the changes.
NOTE: At least one NIC must be displayed in the Team Members list box.
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