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4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services

This chapter explains the technology and considerations when working with the network teaming services.

4.1Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Overview

The goal of Broadcom teaming services is to provide fault tolerance and link aggregation across a team of two or more adapters. The information in this manual is provided to assist IT professionals during the deployment and troubleshooting of system applications that require network fault tolerance and load balancing.

4.2Glossary

Item	Definition
ARP	Address Resolution Protocol
BACS	Broadcom Advanced Control Suite
BASP	Broadcom Advanced Server Program (intermediate driver)
DNS	Domain Name Service
G-ARP	Gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol
Generic Trunking	Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of team in which the
(FEC/GEC)/	intermediate driver manages outgoing traffic and the switch manages
802.3ad-Draft	incoming traffic.
Static
HSRP	Hot Standby Router Protocol
ICMP	Internet Control Message Protocol
IGMP	Internet Group Management Protocol
IP	Internet Protocol
LACP	Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Link Aggregation	Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of team with LACP in
(802.3ad)	which the intermediate driver manages outgoing traffic and the switch
	manages incoming traffic.
LOM	LAN on Motherboard
MAC	Media Access Control
NDIS	Network Driver Interface Specification
NLB	Network Load Balancing (Microsoft)

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