Configuring Advanced Server Features
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Accessing the Advanced Server Features Driver Interface
Use this procedure to access the NIC properties for teaming configuration:
1
Click the
Start
menu, and then select
Settings
/
Control Panel
.
2
Select
Network and Dial-up Connections
, right-click
3Com Virtual NIC
, and then select
Broadcom Advanced Server Program Driver
.
The Advanced Server Features window appears.
Interface components of the Advanced Server Features driver properties window are
described below:
■
Select or enter a team name.
This entry field is used to select or enter a team name.
■
Unassigned NICs
This list displays all of the NICs that are available to be added to a team. Because each
NIC can be added to only one team, the NIC is removed from this list after it has been
assigned to a team.
■
Team Type
Load Balance and Failover: Load balancing
FEC/GEC: Also known as general trunking. No standby NIC is allowed when this
option is selected.
■
Team members
This list displays all NICs that belong to a selected team.
■
Standby NICs
This list displays the standby NIC selected for failover for a selected team.
■
VLAN List
This list displays all the VLANs that have been created for the selected team.
Creating a Team and Assigning NICs
A failover team comprises at least one primary NIC (a standby NIC is optional). Each NIC
can belong to only one team. To configure a new failover team, access the Advanced
Server Features Driver Properties window and perform the following steps:
1
Enter a team name in the “Select or enter a team name” entry field.
2
Click
Create Team
.
3
Add a NIC to the team.
■
In the Unassigned NICs list, select the NIC(s) that you want to add to the team
created in the previous step. Move the selected NICs to the Team Members list box
using the double arrows.
■
When you have finished configuring failover teams, click
OK
to accept the changes.
NOTE:
All other NICs added to the team are reconfigured automatically to
match the team configuration. When the basic configuration properties of a team
are changed, this changes the configuration of all NICs in the team. However,
when a NIC is removed from any failover teams, it will operate according to
the parameters set for it before becoming a member of a failover team.
NOTE:
At least one NIC must be displayed in the Team Members list box.
