Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapt - Page 182

Using Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 4: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide NOTE: The Create Team tab appears only if there are teamable adapters available. 4. Click the Team Name field to enter a team name. 5. Click the Team Type field to select a team type. 6. Assign any available adapter or adapters to the team by moving the adapter from the Available Adapters list to the Load Balance Members list. There must be at least one adapter in the Load Balance Members list. 7. You can assign any other available adapter to be a standby member by selecting it from the Standby Member list. NOTE: There must be at least one Broadcom network adapter assigned to the team. NOTE: A team created with a single adapter will not have load balancing or failover capabilities. The TCP Offload Engine (TOE), Large Send Offload (LSO), and Checksum Offload (CO) columns indicate if the TOE, LSO, and/or the CO properties are supported for the adapter. The TOE, LSO, and CO properties are enabled for a team only when all of the members support and are configured for the feature. If this is the case, then the team offload capabilities appear on the bottom of the screen. NOTES: If an adapter is included as a member of a team and you change any advanced property, then you must rebuild the team to ensure that the team's advanced properties are properly set. If an adapter with a TOE key is included as a member of a team and you remove the TOE key, then you must rebuild the team to ensure that the team does not appear as a TOE-enabled team. Adding a network adapter to a team where its driver is disabled may negatively affect the offloading capabilities of the team. This may have an impact on the team's performance. Therefore, it is recommended that only driver-enabled network adapters be added as members to a team. 8. Type the value for Team MTU. 9. Click Create to save the team information. 10. Repeat steps 4. through 9. to define additional teams. As teams are defined, they can be selected from the team list, but they have not yet been created. Click the Preview tab to view the team structure before applying the changes. 11. Click Apply/Exit to create all the teams you have defined and exit the Manage Teams window. file:///T|/htdocs/NETWORK/BroadCom/71921/NetXtremeII/en/bacs.htm[9/26/2012 3:29:48 PM]