Advanced Features 7-5
12 If an Insert Disk windows appears, you must perform the following procedure:
aClick OK.
bFrom the Files needed window, click Browse and browse to the i386 directory on
the Localization CD (if not already selected).
cClick Open and then click OK from the Insert Disk window to allow the
operating system to find the required files for installation.
13 After the installation is complete, you need to reboot your system.
NOTE: For more information, see the Microsoft Windows Powered operating system’s online
Help.
Network Adapter Teaming
Adapter teaming allows the system to use the combined throughput of network adapters in
parallel to increase performance or provide fault tolerance. Technologies supported by
teaming are:
• Link aggregation supports scalable bandwidth up to 800 megabits per second (Mbps)
full duplex, or up to eight gigabits per second (Gbps) in a Gigabit Ethernet
environment. Link aggregation requires support in the network interface controller
(NIC) and the switch.
• Cisco’s Fast Ether Channel (FEC) supports scalable bandwidth up to 800 Mbps at full
duplex. FEC requires support in the NIC and the switch.
• Broadcom's Smart Load Balance and Fail Over, supported by Broadcom's Advanced
Server Program Driver, offers a simple method to team two Alteon or Broadcom
Gigabit Ethernet adapters together to provide load balancing and fail over. The
program also allows an onboard Intel® NIC to a member of a team to provide fail over
only capabilities.
When you inst all multiple A lteon or Broad com Gigabit Et hernet adapte rs in the same
server, you can pair them into teams to provide redundant adapter operation in the
event of network failure. You can configure up to two teams, each with two adapters,
on each server. If traffic is not seen on the primary adapter connection in a team failure
of the adapter, cable, switch port, or switch (where the teamed adapters are attached
to separate switches), the secondary team member becomes active, tak ing the MAC
and IP address originally assigned to the primary adapter. Sessions should be
maintained, causing no impact to the us er.
NOTE: Alteon or Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet adapters can be grouped into failover teams
with an Intel 82559 LAN on motherboard (LOM); however, assigning a LOM to be a
primary adapter is not supported.