Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 765)

OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager User Manual P009415-01A Rev. A
3. Using the OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager
Creating, Configuring, and Removing Teams
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It is possible for the IPv6 configuration information to be retained when a team
or VLAN is deleted. If a new team or VLAN is created, it is possible this IPv6
configuration information, such as static IPv6 address, may be used with the
new team or VLAN. If this behavior is observed, use the network properties
dialog for the team or VLAN to correct the configuration.
Creating a Team
Every team must include at least one Emulex adapter and the primary adapter should
be an Emulex adapter.
Caution: Creating a team may take several seconds. Prematurely cancelling this
operation may result in the partial creation or deletion of a team or VLAN.
Such an act may also lead to future teaming issues or even system
instability.
To create and configure a team:
1. From the Start menu, click All Programs>Emulex>OneCommand Teaming and
VLAN Manager to start the application. The General tab shows information for the
host computer (Figure 3-3).
2. Do one of the following to select the Create Team tab:
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Select the host computer in the discovery-tree.
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Select the Teams node in the discovery-tree.
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Select Available Adapters in the discovery-tree.
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Click Create Team on the toolbar.
The Create Team tab is displayed.
Figure 3-9 Create Team Tab
3. Enter a unique team name using up to 79 characters.
Note: When creating a team, keep in mind that the team name will be prepended
to the Device Manager Friendly Name of all adapters included in the team.
If the addition of the team name causes the adapter's Friendly Name to
exceed 169 character on x64 systems, then event log messages for the
adapter may be affected. When these limits are exceeded, the adapter's