Contents
1 1 Gbit/s Ethernet I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
1.1 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
1.2 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
1.3 Functionality and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
2 Installing a 1Gbit/s Ethernet I/O Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
2.1 Installing in a Server Blade | 116 |
3 Installing the LAN Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
3.1 Installing the Driver Software | 118 |
4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services . . . . . . . . . . . 119
4.1 | Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Overview | 119 |
4.2 | Glossary | 119 |
4.3 | Teaming Concepts | 121 |
4.4 | Teaming Mechanisms | 130 |
4.5 | Types of Teams | 133 |
4.6 | Attributes of the Features Associated with Each Type of Team . . . . | 136 |
4.7 | Teaming and Other Advanced Networking Properties | 138 |
4.8 | General Network Considerations | 140 |
4.9 | Event Log Messages | 151 |
5 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (BACS2) . . . . . . . . . . . 156
5.1 | BACS2 Overview | 156 |
5.2 | Installing the BACS2 | 158 |
5.3 | Starting BACS2 | 162 |
5.4 | Setting of BACS2 | 162 |
5.5 | Configuring Teaming | 176 |
Appendix A Contact Information | 195 | |
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