HP ProLiant BL660c HP BladeSystem Networking Reference Architecture: HP Virtua - Page 10

Table 2-3 VMware Load Balancing Algorithms Name Algorithm Works with VC Originating Virtual Port Choose an uplink based on the virtual port where the Yes ID traffic entered the virtual switch. Source MAC Address MAC Address seen on vnic port Yes IP Hash Hash of Source and Destination IP's. Requires switch No assisted load balancing, 802.3ad. Virtual Connect does not support 802.3ad on server downlink ports, as 802.3ad is a Point-to-Point bonding protocol. Physical NIC Load Introduced in vSphere 4.1 and only available with a Yes vDS, Load-Based Teaming policy monitors the flow when the mean send or receive utilization on a dvUplink exceeds 75% capacity over 30-sec intervals. Explicit Failover Highest order uplink from the list of Active pNICs. Yes Modifying Server Profiles with Online Servers HP fully supports modifying Server Profiles while hosts are still online. For older generation servers, there are specific minimum NIC driver and firmware revisions required. Please review the Virtual Connect Release Notes, and the Service Pack for Proliant Release Notes. HP NC551 and NC553 Minimum Supported Firmware and Drivers The table lists the minimum support firmware and driver revisions for the Emulex OneConnect-based adapters from HP: Table 2-4 Supported minimum versions Component Firmware Driver (Ethernet) Driver (FC/FCoE) Version 4.0.360.15 4.0.355.1 8.2.2.105.36 When multiple NC55x devices are used on a single host, you may experience an issue where not all of the FlexNICs will appear within the ESXi kernel when using the 4.0.3551. To resolve this, you must adjust the be2net driver heap stack allocation. Please refer to the HP Customer Advisory c032201409 on the process and any future updates. 9 http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03220140 10