HP Integrity rx2800 HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming Whitepaper - Page 4

Network Adapter Miniport Driver 30 Teaming Intermediate Driver...30 HP Network Configuration Utility 30 HP Teaming and Layer 2 Versus Layer 3 Addresses 30 Types of HP Integrity Network Adapter Teams 31 Network Fault Tolerance Only (NFT 31 Network Addressing and Communication with NFT 32 Scenario 4-A: A Device Pings an NFT Team on the Same Layer 2 Network 32 NFT Redundancy Mechanisms 34 Basic Redundancy Mechanisms 34 Advanced Redundancy Mechanisms 37 Redundancy Mechanism Priority 54 Redundancy Mechanism Comparison Chart 54 Failover Events...55 NFT Network Adapter Failure Recovery 56 NFT Applications...56 Recommended Configurations for NFT Environments 57 Network Fault Tolerance Only with Preference Order 57 NFT with Preference Order Applications 57 Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (TLB 57 Network Addressing and Communication with TLB 58 Scenario 4-B: A Device Pings a TLB Team on the Same Layer 2 Network 58 Transmit Load Balancing Methods (Algorithms 60 TLB Automatic Method...61 TLB TCP Connection Method 62 TLB Destination IP Address Method 62 TLB Destination MAC Address Method 64 TLB Round Robin Method for Outbound Load Balancing 66 TLB Redundancy Mechanisms 67 TLB Network Adapter Failure Recovery 67 TLB Applications...67 Recommended Configurations for TLB Environments 67 Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance and Preference Order 68 Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance and Preference Order Applications 68 Switch-Assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (SLB 68 Network Addressing and Communication with SLB 69 SLB Outbound Load-Balancing Algorithms 69 SLB Inbound Load-Balancing Algorithm 69 Cisco EtherChannel...70 Switch Vendor Port Trunking Technology Supported by SLB 71 SLB Redundancy Mechanisms 72 SLB Network Adapter Failure Recovery 72 SLB Applications...72 Recommended Configurations for SLB Environments 72 802.3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance 73 Switch-assisted Dual Channel Load Balancing 73 Dual Channel Configuration...76 Dual Channel Transmit Balancing Algorithm 77 Dual Channel Receive Load-Balancing Algorithm 77 Receive Load Balancing on a Per-Port Trunk Basis 77 Receive Load Balancing on Multiple Trunks 77 Dual Channel Redundancy Mechanisms 78 Basic Redundancy Mechanisms 78 Advanced Redundancy Mechanisms 78 Dual Channel Network Adapter Failure Recovery 78 4 Table of Contents