17–QLogic Teaming Services
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Selecting a Team Type
The following flow chart provides the decision flow when planning for Layer 2
teaming. The primary rationale for teaming is the need for additional network
bandwidth and fault tolerance. Teaming offers link aggregation and fault tolerance
to meet both of these requirements. Preference teaming should be selected in the
following order: Link Aggregation as the first choice, Generic Trunking as the
second choice, and SLB teaming as the third choice when using unmanaged
switches or switches that do not support the first two options. if switch fault
tolerance is a requirement, then SLB is the only choice (see
Figure 17-1. Process for Selecting a Team Type