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Installing Windows Server 2008 5-23
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter
and automatically converts the process of the working adapter to the other adapter in the group
when any trouble occurred on that adapter.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter
and enhances the throughput by operating packet transmission from the server by all the adapters.
This feature includes AFT feature.
IMPORTANT:
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AFT/ALB setting must be done after System Update completed.
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All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must
exist on the same LAN. If they are connected to the separate
switches, they will not work normally.
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The adapters specified as a group of Adaptive Load Balancing
(ALB) can be connected to only Switching Hub.
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When exchange the mother board or option network card, make
sure to remove the adapter team before exchanges and recreate the
adapter team after exchange complete.
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Please confirm the port setting of switching hub (L2) matches the
server network adapter Teaming mode.
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Teaming is not supported with Windows Server Core.
Setup Teaming
1.
Open the [Device Manager].
2.
Open [Network adapters]
→
[Intel(R) xxx] properties.
3.
Click [Teaming] tab and check the [Team this adapter with other adapters] check box.
Click [New Team].
4.
Fill the name of the team in [Specify a name for the team] and click [Next].
5.
Include the adapter to the team and click [Next].
6.
Select a team type ([Adapter Fault Tolerance]/[Adaptive Load Balancing]).
Click [Next].
7.
Click [Finish].
8.
Click [TEAM: "Team name"] from [Device manager]
→
[Network adapters] to modify
the team. Click [Settings] tab and click [Modify Team] button.