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• On Windows systems, Receive Load Balancing is enabled by default.
• Receive Load Balancing is not supported on Microsoft Hyper-V.
Virtual Machine Load Balancing (VMLB)
- provides transmit and receive traffic
load balancing across Virtual Machines bound to the team interface, as well as fault
tolerance in the event of switch port, cable, or adapter failure. This teaming type works
with any switch. The driver analyzes the transmit and receive load on each member
adapter and balances the traffic across member adapters. In a VMLB team, each Virtual
Machine is associated with one team member for its TX and RX traffic. If only one
virtual NIC is bound to the team, or if Hyper-V is removed, then the VMLB team will act
like an AFT team.
NOTES:
• VMLB does not load balance non-routed protocols such as NetBEUI and some IPX*
traffic.
• VMLB supports from two to eight adapter ports per team.
• You can create an VMLB team with mixed speed adapters. The load is balanced
according to the lowest common denominator of adapter capabilities and the
bandwidth of the channel.
• You cannot use an Intel AMT enabled adapter in a VMLB team.
Static Link Aggregation (SLA)
- provides increased transmission and reception
throughput in a team of two to eight adapters. This type also includes adapter fault
tolerance and load balancing (only routed protocols). This teaming type requires
a switch with Intel Link Aggregation, Cisco* FEC or GEC, or IEEE 802.3ad Static Link
Aggregation capability.
All adapters in a Link Aggregation team running in static mode must run at the same
speed and must be connected to a Static Link Aggregation capable switch. If the speed
capabilities of adapters in a Static Link Aggregation team are different, the speed of the
team is dependent on the lowest common denominator.
Note:
You cannot use an Intel
AMT enabled adapter in an SLA team
IEEE 802.3ad Dynamic Link Aggregation
- creates one or more teams using Dynamic
Link Aggregation with mixed-speed adapters. Like the Static Link Aggregation teams,
Dynamic 802.3ad teams increase transmission and reception throughput and provide
fault tolerance. This teaming type requires a switch that fully supports the IEEE 802.3ad
standard.
