NOTE: In SLB mode, IPX traffic is load-balanced on the send side but not on the receive side.

Loading frame types

After one or more network adapters are bound to a virtual adapter, additional frame types can only be loaded in the virtual adapter if the corresponding frame types are also loaded in the bound adapters. For example, ETHERNET_802.2 can be loaded in QASP VSLOT 1 only if ETHERNET_802.2 is loaded for the Q57 driver in SLOT 1 and 2.

Similarly, a virtual adapter can only be bound to a physical adapter if the physical adapter has all the frame types loaded in the virtual adapter.

Example:

LOAD ODINEB.NLM

LOAD QASP.LAN FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 NAME=QASP_E82 VSLOT=1

LOAD Q57.LAN FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 NAME=Q57_1_E82 SLOT=1

LOAD Q57.LAN FRAME=ETHERNET_802.2 NAME=Q57_2_E82 SLOT=2

Hot STANDBY

In Smart Load-Balance (SLB) mode, one or more adapters can be designated as hot standbys. Use the keyword STANDBY in the QASP BIND command to indicate binding an adapter as a hot standby. Standby is only valid for Smart Load-Balance mode.

Example:

BIND QASP1 Q57_1_EII

BIND QASP1 Q57_2_EII STANDBY

In the above example, Q57_1_EII and Q57_2_EII are bound as primary and hot standby adapters respectively.

Configuring VLANs

NOTE: VLANs are not supported on non-HP adapters.

To add VLANs to a team:

1.Load QASP.LAN with the all necessary frame types and specify the VLAN ID for each frame type. You can specify a maximum of 64 VLAN IDs and each VLAN ID can be loaded up to four times with four different frame types.

Example:

(VLAN ID 2 for Ethernet II)

LOAD QASP.LAN FRAME=ETHERNET_II NAME=QASP_1_V2_EII VSLOT=1 VLAN=2

2.Load the network drivers for the adapters in the team with all the frame types specified in step 1. One or more VLAN IDs specified in step 1 do not have to be specified when loading the network drivers. Each frame type loaded in step 1 only needs to be loaded once for each network driver even if in step 1 it is loaded multiple times with different VLAN IDs.

Example:

LOAD ODINEB.NLM

LOAD Q57.LAN FRAME=ETHERNET_II NAME=Q57_1_EII SLOT=1 VLAN=1 LOAD Q57.LAN FRAME=ETHERNET_II NAME=Q57_2_EII SLOT=2 VLAN=1

3.Bind QASP.LAN to the adapters in the team for each protocol.

Example:

BIND QASP1 Q57_1_EII

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