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VLAN Configuration with the QCC Non-Interactive CLI
For information about the VLAN configuration with the QCC non-interactive CLI, refer to the appropriate
section in the QConvergeConsole CLI User's Guide on the QLogic Web site
(http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com).
Teaming/Bonding
Windows Teaming
You can group together multiple network adapters in a server to make a team. Individual adapters that are
part of a team operate as a team rather than standalone adapters. A team provides traffic load balancing
across the member adapters and fault tolerance when some, but not all, of the members lose connectivity.
To enable teaming functionality, install the teaming driver in addition to the basic NIC.
Team MAC Address
At initialization, the teaming driver selects the team’s MAC address to be the MAC of one of the teamed
adapters. In general, the first adapter to come up is chosen as the preferred primary adapter. The
preferred primary’s MAC address is assigned to the MAC address of the team. Alternately, you can choose
any valid MAC address as the team’s static MAC address, also called the locally administered address
(LAA). Make sure any provided LAA is unique for the local Ethernet network. This provision gives the
system administrator more flexibility in configuring the MAC address for a team when necessary.
Teaming Modes
Teaming is designed to improve reliability and fault tolerance of networks and to enhance performance by
efficient load balancing.
The following NIC teaming modes are provided:
• Failsafe Mode ensures that an alternate standby or redundant adapter becomes active if the primary
network connection fails.
• Switch Independent Load-Balancing Mode ensures distribution of transmit loads across the teamed
adapters.
• Link Aggregation Modes (802.3ad static, 802.3ad dynamic (active and passive link aggregation
control protocol [LACP])) enables the use of multiple adapters together as a single, virtual adapter with
the aggregated capacity of its individual adapters.
All team types—failsafe, switch-independent load balancing, and link aggregation—can be heterogeneous
as well as homogeneous. Every team must have at least one QLogic Adapter.