Configuration Notes
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Not all team types are available on all operating systems.
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Be sure to use the latest available drivers on all adapters.
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NDIS 6.2 introduced new RSS data structures and interfaces. Due to this, you cannot enable RSS on teams that
contain a mix of adapters that support NDIS 6.2 RSS and adapters that do not.
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If you are using an Intel® 10GbE Server Adapter and an Intel® Gigabit adapter in the same machine, the driver
for the Gigabit adapter must be updated with the version on the Intel 10GbE CD or respective download pack-
age.
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If a team is bound to a Hyper-V virtual NIC, the Primary or Secondary adapter cannot be changed.
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Some advanced features, including hardware offloading, are automatically disabled when non-Intel adapters
are team members to assure a common feature set.
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TOE (TCP Offload Engine) enabled devices cannot be added to an ANS team and will not appear in the list of
available adapters.
To enable teaming using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2:
1. Load base drivers and Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 2 (always use the latest software
releases from
www.support.dell.com
)
2. Select the Broadcom device and go to the Advanced Tab
3. Disable Receive Side Scaling
4. Go to Resource Allocations and select TCP Offload Engine (TOE)
5. Click on Configure and uncheck TCP Offload Engine (TOE) from the NDIS Configuration section
To enable teaming using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3:
1. Load base drivers and Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 (always use the latest software
releases from
www.support.dell.com
)
2. Select the Broadcom device and uncheck TOE from the Configurations Tab
3. Click on Apply
4. Choose NDIS entry of Broadcom device and disable Receive Side Scaling from Configurations
Tab
5. Click on Apply
NOTE:
Multivendor teaming is not supported in Windows Server 2008 x64 versions.
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Spanning tree protocol (STP) should be disabled on switch ports connected to team adapters in order to pre-
vent data loss when the primary adapter is returned to service (failback). Activation Delay is disabled by default.
Alternatively, an activation delay may be configured on the adapters to prevent data loss when spanning tree is
used. Set the Activation Delay on the advanced tab of team properties.
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)/Data Center Bridging (DCB) will be automatically disabled when an
adapter is added to a team with non-FCoE/DCB capable adapters.
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ANS teaming of VF devices inside a Windows 2008 R2 guest running on an open source hypervisor is sup-
ported.
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An Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel AMT) enabled device can be added to Adapter Fault Tolerance
(AFT), Switch Fault Tolerance (SFT), and Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) teams. All other team types are not
supported. The Intel AMT enabled device must be designated as the primary adapter for the team.
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Before creating a team, adding or removing team members, or changing advanced settings of a team member,
make sure each team member has been configured similarly. Settings to check include VLANs and QoS Packet
Tagging, Jumbo Packets, and the various offloads. These settings are available on the Advanced Settings tab.
Pay particular attention when using different adapter models or adapter versions, as adapter capabilities vary.
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If team members implement Intel ANS features differently, failover and team functionality may be affected. To
avoid team implementation issues:
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Create teams that use similar adapter types and models.
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Reload the team after adding an adapter or changing any Advanced features. One way to reload the
team is to select a new preferred primary adapter. Although there will be a temporary loss of network
connectivity as the team reconfigures, the team will maintain its network addressing schema.
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ANS allows you to create teams of one adapter. A one-adapter team will not take advantage of teaming fea-
tures, but it will allow you to "hot-add" another adapter to the team without the loss of network connectivity that
occurs when you create a new team.
