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member. Later, if that team member begins to detect a response from a probe target, this
indicates that the link has been restored, and the teaming software automatically resumes
passing traffic through that team member. LiveLink works only with TCP/IP.
LiveLink™ functionality is supported in both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems,
but is not supported in NetWare systems. For similar functionality in Linux operating systems,
refer to Channel Bonding in your Red Hat documentation.
Teaming and Large Send Offload/Checksum Offload Support
Large Send Offload (LSO) and Checksum Offload are enabled for a team only when all of the
members support and are configured for the feature.
1.3 Virtual LANs
1.3.1 VLAN Overview
Virtual LANs (VLANs) allow you to split your physical LAN into logical parts, to create logical
segmentation of workgroups, and to enforce security policies for each logical segment. Each
defined VLAN behaves as its own separate network with its traffic and broadcasts isolated
from the others, increasing bandwidth efficiency within each logical group. Up to 64 VLANs
(63 tagged and 1 untagged) can be defined for each Broadcom adapter on your server,
depending on the amount of memory available in your system.
VLANs can be added to a team to allow multiple VLANs with different VLAN IDs. A virtual
adapter is created for each VLAN added.
Although VLANs are commonly used to create individual broadcast domains and/or separate
IP subnets, it is sometimes useful for a server to have a presence on more than one VLAN
simultaneously. Broadcom adapters support multiple VLANs on a per-port or per-team basis,
allowing very flexible network configurations.
