HP ProLiant Essentials Intelligent Networking Pack Windows Edition - Manual (Page 23)

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Fast Path Failover, Active Path Failover, and Router Path Failover are available on Switch-assisted Dual
Channel Load Balancing teams.
802.3ad Dynamic Dual Channel Load Balancing teams
With 802.3ad Dynamic Dual Channel Load Balancing teams, team members are dynamically placed into
groups. All team members within each group are dynamically placed into a port trunk/channel by
dynamic protocol agreement, Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), with the switch. A failure of a
team member to negotiate joining a port trunk or channel with the switch is treated as an error and that
team member is considered failed.
All transmit packets are load balanced among all team members based on a load balancing algorithm in
the teaming device driver. The receive packets are load balanced among all team members by the switch.
If a failure of any team member occurs, the packets are load balanced among the remaining adapters.
There must be a minimum of two adapters in a dual channel team. Fast Path Failover, Active Path
Failover, and Router Path Failover are available on 802.3ad Dynamic Dual Channel Load Balancing
teams.
Configuring a Dual Channel team
To configure a Dual Channel team:
1. On the NCU Main window, select the team.
2. Click Properties. The Teaming Controls tab is displayed showing the team name, team type, transmit
load balancing method, and team members.