
Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
Windows
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
172
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After
making
your
changes,
click
Set
and
then
click
Close
.
Adding
Adapters
to
a
Team
If
additional
Solarflare
adapters
are
installed
in
your
server,
you
can
add
them
to
an
existing
team
to
increase
the
overall
resilience
or
performance
(aggregation)
of
the
server
connection.
To
add
adapters
to
a
team:
NOTE:
Changing
team
settings
can
disrupt
current
services
running
on
the
server.
Solarflare
recommend
only
changing
network
settings
when
disruption
to
the
services
can
be
tolerated.
1
Start
SAM
and
select
a
Solarflare
adapter
team
from
the
Network
Adapter
list.
2
From
the
Actions
list,
click
Add
one
or
more
adapters
,
or
choose
Actions
>
Add
one
or
more
adapters
.
The
Available
Network
Adapters
dialog
box
is
displayed:
To
specify
a
new
active
adapter:
For
Fault
‐
Tolerant
Teams
only.
Set
your
preferred
active
adapter
to
the
highest
prioritized
adapter
in
the
team.
The
highest
prioritized
adapter
becomes
the
active
adapter
in
the
team
after
you
apply
your
changes.
To
change
adapter
priority,
use
the
up
and
down
buttons.
To
specify
the
Ethernet
frame
length/MTU:
Specify
a
value
between
1514
and
9216
bytes.
Check
your
network
supports
the
new
frame
length
before
setting
the
new
value.
Note
:
This
setting
affects
all
adapters
in
the
team,
and
will
override
any
individual
adapter
settings
made
from
the
Configure
Offload
tasks,
Ethernet
and
other
features
window.
See
for
more
details.
Table
39:
Configure
a
Team
Options