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Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services NetXtreme User Guide
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April 2017 • 2CS57XX-CDUM514-R Page 103
Introduction
• Teaming Glossary
• Teaming Concepts
• Software Components
• Hardware Requirements
• Supported Features by Team Type
• Selecting a Team Type
This section describes the technology and implementation considerations when working with the network
teaming services offered by the Broadcom software shipped with systems. 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 document is provided to assist IT professionals during the deployment and troubleshooting
of system applications that require network fault tolerance and load balancing.
Teaming Glossary
Table 8: Teaming 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)
PXE Preboot Execution Environment
RAID Redundant array of inexpensive disks
Smart Load Balance and Failover Switch-independent failover type of team in which the primary team
member handles all incoming and outgoing traffic while the standby team
member is idle until a failover event (for example, loss of link occurs). The
intermediate driver (BASP) manages incoming/outgoing traffic.