NetXtreme II User Guide
January 2010
Broadcom Corporation
Page 36 Teaming and Other Advanced Networking Properties Document ENGSRVT52-CDUM100-R
TEAMING AND OTHER ADVANCED NETWORKING PROPERTIES • Checksum Offload
• IEEE 802.1p QoS Tagging
• Large Send Offload
• TCP Offload Engine (TOE)
• Jumbo Frames
• IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
• Wake On LAN
• Preboot Execution Environment
Before creating a team, adding or removing team members, or changing advanced settings of a team member, make sure
each team member has been configured similarly. Settings to check include VL ANs and QoS Packet Tagging, Jumbo
Frames, and the various offloads. Advanced adapter properties and teaming support are listed in Table7.
a All adapters on the team must support this feature. Some adapters may not support this feature if ASF/IPMI is also enabled.
b Must be supported by all adapters in the team.
c Only for Broadcom adapters.
d As a PXE sever only, not as a client.
A team does not necessarily inherit adapter properties; rather various properties depend on the specific capability. For
instance, an example would be flow control, which is a physical adapter property and has nothing to do with BASP, and will
be enabled on a particular adapter if the miniport driver for that adapter has flow control enabled.
NOTE: All adapters on the team must support the property listed in Table7 in order for the team to support the
property.
Table 7: Advanced Adapter Properties and Teaming Support
Adapter Properties Supported by Teaming Virtual Adapter
Checksum Offload Yes
IEEE 802.1p QoS Tagging No
Large Send Offload Yesa
TCP Offload Engine (TOE) Yesb, c
Jumbo Frames Yesb
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs Yesc
Wake on LAN No
Preboot Execution environment (PXE) Yesd