Chapter 2: AT-2931SX Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS) Applications
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Configuring
Teaming
The teaming function allows you to group available network devices
together to function as a team. Teaming is a method of creating a virtual
LAN (a group of multiple devices that function as a single device). The
benefit of this approach is that it enables load balancing and failover.
Teaming is done via BASP. For more information about BASP, see
“Overview” on page 16.
Note
AT-2931SX BASP is available only on computers that use at least
one AT-2931SX Ethernet controller.
An example of this usage is shown in Figure 9. This example shows three
network adapters in the
Available Adapters
list. When these adapters are
moved to the
Load Balance Members
list, they function as a single
adapter—that is, each member shares the traffic burden.
Figure 9. New Team Configuration Menu
There are 4 types of load balance teams:
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