HP LH4r HP Netserver 10/100TX PCI LAN Adapter Guide - Page 43
Setting Up Cisco Fast EtherChannel
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Chapter 8 Choosing Adapter Teaming Options Setting Up Cisco Fast EtherChannel Fast EtherChannel (FEC) is a performance technology developed by Cisco to increase throughput between switches. HP has implemented FEC on server adapters to increase your server's throughput. Unlike ALB, FEC can be configured to increase both transmission and reception channels between your server and switch. FEC works only with FEC-enabled Cisco switches, such as the Catalyst 5000 series. With FEC, as you add adapters to your server, you can group them in teams to provide up to 800 Mbps at full duplex, with a maximum of eight HP NetServer 10/100 adapters. (Note that the switch must support more than four adapters in FEC in order for more than four adapters to work in FEC. Consult your switch documentation.) The FEC software continuously analyzes loading on each adapter and balances network traffic across the adapters as needed. Adapter teams configured for FEC also provide the benefits of AFT. To use FEC, you must have two, four, six or eight HP NetServer 10/100 adapters configured as an FEC Team in your server or workstation and linked to the same FEC-enabled Cisco switch. Setting up FEC in Windows NT 4.0 1. Double-click the Network icon in Control Panel. 2. On the Adapters tab, select a HP NetServer 10/100 adapter that will be in the team and click Properties. (Don't use an adapter that is on a VLAN.) 3. In the HPSet window, click the Adapter Teaming tab. 4. Click the Add Adapter to a Team button. 5. The Teaming Wizard starts. Follow the wizard steps for assigning adapters to a team. Note that you can specify a Preferred Primary adapter, which in most cases will be your highest bandwidth adapter. See the HPSet Help for more information. 6. Click OK, then click Close to finish. When prompted, restart your computer. 35