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Advantages of fault-tolerant components
4.3 Communication connections
4. If no onboard network adapters are being used for connecting to the terminal bus, select
the internal network adapter of the PC station and deactivate the internal network adapter
via the shortcut menu.
5. Select the adapter "Network adapter 1" (see section "Network adapter for the redundant
terminal bus"). Select the shortcut menu command Properties.
6. In the "Teaming" tab, select the "Team this adapter with other Adapters" option button. Click
"New Team".
The "New Team Wizard" dialog opens.
7. Enter a name for the team (for example, "TerminalBusTeam #0"). Click "Next".
8. In the "Select the adapters to include in this team" list, select the network adapters through
which the computer should be connected to the redundant terminal bus.
– "Network adapter 1" (see table under 5.)
– "Network adapter 2" (see table under 5.)
9. Click "Next".
10.In the "Select a team type" list, select "SFT (Switch fault tolerance)". Click "Next".
11.Click "Finish".
The "New Team Wizard" dialog box closes.
The group ("TerminalBusTeam #0" in the example) is entered in the "Properties (settings)"
dialog of the network adapter.
12.The "Properties of team: <team name>" dialog box opens ("TerminalBusTeam #0" in the
example).
13.Select the "Settings" tab and click "Change group... (Modify Team...)".
14.In the "Adapters" tab, select network adapter 1 on the preferred terminal bus.
Click "Set Primary".
15.Select the "network adapter 2" on the redundant terminal bus. Click "Set Secondary".
16.Click "OK" to confirm the Team dialog boxes.
17.The Team dialog boxes close.
The two network adapters are entered as a group (team) in the Device Manager
(Example: Team: Intel (R) Pro/1000 ...).
18.Open the dialog window "Network connections" ("Change adapter settings") via the control
panel.
19.If the entry "File" is missing in the menu bar, select the menu command Organize > Layout
> Menu bar.
20.Activate the detailed view of the list.
Recommendation: Name the network adapters (File > Rename)
Example:
– 1. <Team name> <Team> ("TerminalBusTeam #0" in the example)
– 2. <Team name> <Master> ("TerminalBusTeam #0 (Master)" in the example)
– 3. <Team name> <Standby> ("TerminalBusTeam #0 (Standby)" in the example)
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