Adaptec ANA-62022 User Guide - Page 57

Creating the Failover Pair, Configuring the Failover Pair in Windows 2000/XP

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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User's Guide Creating the Failover Pair You can create Failover pairs in the Configuration tab. A Failover pair consists of two ports only: the primary port and the backup port. Configuring the Failover Pair in Windows 2000/XP To create Failover pairs in Windows 2000/XP with GUI, follow these steps: 1 Start Windows 2000/XP. 2 From the Start menu, go to Settings, and click Control Panel. 3 In the Control Panel, double-click the Adaptec Duralink icon for the Duralink64 window. 4 In the Group(s) field, click Create New Group, and type the name of the Failover group. Note: The group name may be up to 20 characters. If you skip this step, the system assigns a default group name (GroupX). 5 In the Link Aggregation Type field, select Adaptec's Failover. 6 The Available Adaptec Ports list shows all the network ports available in the system. From the Available Adaptec Ports list, select the appropriate port, and click Add. 4-8

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DuraLAN Fast Ethernet NICs User’s Guide
Creating the Failover Pair
You can create Failover pairs in the Configuration tab. A Failover
pair consists of two ports only: the primary port and the backup
port.
Configuring the Failover Pair in Windows 2000/XP
To create Failover pairs in Windows 2000/XP with GUI, follow
these steps:
1
Start Windows 2000/XP.
2
From the Start menu, go to
Settings
, and click
Control Panel
.
3
In the Control Panel, double-click the
Adaptec Duralink
icon
for the Duralink64 window.
4
In the Group(s) field, click
Create New Group
, and type the
name of the Failover group.
Note:
The group name may be up to 20 characters. If you
skip this step, the system assigns a default group name
(
GroupX
).
5
In the Link Aggregation Type field, select
Adaptec’s Failover
.
6
The Available Adaptec Ports list shows all the network ports
available in the system. From the Available Adaptec Ports list,
select the appropriate port, and click
Add
.