Instruction Manual
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Teaming
Advanced Network Services (ANS) Teaming, a feature of the Advanced Network
Services component, lets you take advantage of multiple network ports / adapters in a
system by grouping them together. ANS teaming can use features like fault tolerance
and load balancing to increase throughput and reliability. Before you can set up ANS
teaming in Windows, you must install Intel® PROSet software.
IMPORTANT:
• Before creating a team, adding or removing team members, or changing advanced
settings of a team member, make sure each team member has been configured
similarly. Settings to check include VLANs and QoS Packet Tagging, Jumbo Frames,
and the various offloads. These settings are available in Intel PROSet's
Advanced
tab. Pay particular attention when using different adapter models or adapter
versions, as adapter capabilities vary.
• If team members implement advanced features differently, failover and team
functionality will be affected. To avoid team implementation issues, create teams
that use similar adapter types and models.
• Reload the team after adding an adapter or changing any advanced features. One
way to reload the team is to select a new preferred primary adapter. Although there
will be a temporary loss of network connectivity as the team reconfigures, the team
will maintain its network addressing schema.
