Network Adapter Teaming - NEC Express 5800 Quick Start Manual

When you add the first system disk to an RDR virtual disk, a System Shutdown message appears, which
states that the system will reboot in two minutes. Let the system

Network Adapter Teaming

Configure teams of network adapters to increase the redundancy and capacity of a network connection. Before
you configure the teams, you should attach the network adapters to the network. The Guide describes this
process in STEP 1: Install the Hardware.
Important: FT Servers DO NOT support Express Teams. Create only Advanced Networking Service Teams
by using the PROSet utility.
You will create an Adapter Fault Tolerant team for the virtual machines to use to connect to the network. The
team will use two of the four installed network adapters. You may use the additional adapters later to provide
connectivity for additional virtual machines or to distribute the network load.
To configure network adapter teaming, complete the following steps:
1. Start the PROSet utility and in the notification area, double-click PROSet.
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2. In the Intel PROSet for Wired Connections dialog box, right-click one of the Ethernet ports listed,
point to Add to Team, and then click Create New Team. The Teaming Wizard starts.
Figure 9 shows this path for Step 2.
3. In the first dialog box of the Teaming Wizard, select Adapter Fault Tolerance and click Next.
4. In the next dialog box, select the adapters for the team. A check mark next to an adapter indicates
that the adapter will become a member of the team. Select the check boxes next to the adapters to
turn on or turn off the required team members. Make sure that you create teams that contain adapters
that are located in different modules (typically adapters 1 and 3 are teamed and /or adapters 2 and 4
are teamed). One way to determine where adapters are located is to use the Identify Adapter utility in
PROSet to flash the LED on each adapter. In PROSet, click the adapter, on the General tab, click
Identify Adapter and follow the instructions in the Identify Adapter message box.
Figure 10 shows the Teaming Wizard settings.
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Figure 9: Creating a new adapter team.
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