Solarflare
Server
Adapter
User
Guide
Solarflare
Adapters
on
Windows
Issue
20
©
Solarflare
Communications
2017
226
The
key
adapter
must
be
a
member
of
a
team.
However,
it
does
not
need
to
be
the
active
adapter.
It
doesn't
even
need
to
be
in
the
list
of
standby
adapters
but
it
must
physically
be
within
its
host.
The
Key
Adapter
defines
the
team's
RSS
support
(see
and
provides
the
MAC
Address
that
will
be
used
for
all
traffic
sent
and
received
by
the
team.
When
a
link
failure
occurs
in
the
active
adapter
(for
example
the
physical
link
is
lost)
the
driver
will
select
another
adapter
to
become
active
but
it
will
not
re
‐
assign
the
Key
Adapter.
In
,
Adapter
1
has
failed
and
the
team
is
now
using
Adapter
2
for
all
traffic.
Figure
47:
Failover
Key
Adapter
Note
that
although
the
Key
Adapter
(Adapter
1)
has
a
link
failure,
the
integrity
of
the
team
is
not
affected
by
this
failure.