4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services
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Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
Teaming Services
This chapter explains the technology and considerations when working with the
network teaming services.
4.1
Broadcom 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.
4.2
Glossary
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
(FEC/GEC)/
802.3ad-Draft
Static
Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of team in which the
intermediate driver manages outgoing traffic and the switch manages
incoming traffic.
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
(802.3ad)
Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of team with LACP in
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)