Dell 2850 manual NIC Teaming Limitations, IEEE 802.3ad and Ether Channel

NIC Teaming Limitations

If you configure the baseboard management controller (BMC) to access the system using the first integrated NIC (NIC1), teaming functionality and BMC functionality are affected in certain situations, as shown in Table 1-2.

Table 1-2. Effect of BMC Use of NIC1 on Teaming Functionality

	AFT, ALB/RLB, and SFT	IEEE 802.3ad and Ether Channel
	Teaming Mode	Teaming Mode
Action	Effect	Effect
NIC1 allocated to BMC	Normal teaming and BMC	Normal teaming functionality.
before team is created	functionality.	BMC functionality may be
		affected because of loss of
		management traffic.
	BMC and NIC1 issue a warning	BMC and NIC1 issue a warning
	message about the loss of	message about loss of
	management traffic in the event	management traffic in the event
	of adaptive failover.	of adaptive failover.
NIC1 allocated to BMC	Normal teaming and BMC	Normal teaming functionality.
after team is created	functionality.	BMC functionality may be
		affected because of loss of
		management traffic.

BMC issues a warning message about the loss of management traffic in the event of adaptive failover.

BMC issues a warning message about loss of management traffic in the event of adaptive failover.

NIC1 does not display a warning message but teaming functions normally.

NIC1 does not display a warning message but teaming functions normally.

NIC1 BMC access disabled	Normal teaming functionality	Normal teaming functionality
before team is created
NIC1 BMC access disabled	Normal teaming functionality	Normal teaming functionality
after team is created

NOTE: To avoid false error messages, use only the Intel® NIC drivers provided by Dell.

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