HP ProLiant DL980 G7 Server - Manual (Page 65)

host requires the presence of at least one Ethernet NIC. Windows 2012 supports up to 32 NIC
teams. NIC teaming supports RSS. The Windows Server TCP/IP stack programs the RSS information
directly to team members.
To configure NIC teaming on a client system, perform these steps:
Configuring a NIC team
To configure a NIC team, access the Server Manager Local Server properties tile (Server
Manager
→Local Server→Properties). Then, follow these steps.
1. Click the hypertext value shown for NIC Teaming (Enabled or Disabled). Figure 54 (page 65)
shows the NIC Teaming hypertext value (Disabled). When you click the value, the NIC Teaming
dialog box appears.
Figure 54 Clickable (hypertext) NIC Teaming value in Server Manager Local Server properties
table
2. In the NIC Teaming dialog box, click the server name in the list of servers (even if there is only
one server listed).
3. From the Tasks drop-down menu in the Teams section, select New Team.
4. In the Add Team dialog box, specify a team name and select the network adapters to join the
team.
5. If you want to use a mode other than the default, click Advanced, select the teaming mode
(Switch Independent, Static Teaming, or LACP), and the distribution mode (Address Hash) as
needed.
6. Click OK to create the team.
Modifying a NIC team
To modify a NIC team, perform these steps from the NIC Teaming dialog box (for information
about accessing the dialog box, see
“Configuring a NIC team” (page 65) ):
1. In the list of teams provided by the NIC Teaming dialog box, right-click the name of the team
you want to modify.
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