8–Using QLogic Control Suite
Configuring Teaming
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Team Types
You can create four types of load balance teams:
Smart Load Balance and Failover
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static
SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) – The Auto-Fallback Disable feature is
configured for Smart Load Balance and Failover type teams in the Teaming
Wizard.
Smart Load Balance and Failover
In this type of team, a standby member handles the traffic if all of the load balance
members fail (a failover event). All load balance members have to fail before the
standby member takes over. When one or more of the load balance members is
restored (fallback), the restored team member(s) resumes the handling of the
traffic. The LiveLink feature is supported for this type of team.
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)
In this type of team, you can dynamically configure the network adapters that
have been selected to participate in a given team. If the link partner is not correctly
configured for IEEE 802.3ad link configuration, errors are detected and noted. All
adapters in the team are configured to receive packets for the same MAC
address. The outbound load balancing scheme is determined by the ASP driver.
The link partner of the team determines the load balancing scheme for inbound
packets. In this mode, at least one of the link partners must be in active mode.
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static
This type of team is very similar to the link aggregation type, in that all adapters in
the team must be configured to receive packets for the same MAC address. This
mode does not provide link aggregation control protocol (LACP) or marker
protocol support. This mode supports a variety of environments where the link
partners are statically configured to support a proprietary trunking mechanism.
Trunking supports load balancing and failover for both outbound and inbound
traffic.
NOTE
8400 Series network adapter ports with iSCSI-Offload enabled can coexist
only with SLB type teams. Ports with FCoE-Offload enabled can coexist with
SLB teams and with some switch vendor LACP teams.
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