Creating A Team - Lenovo 8200 Series Installation Manual

Creating a Team

To create a team:
1. To create a team, right-click the Teams folder icon, and then click Create Team (Figure 8).
Figure 8: Creating a Team
2. The software automatically picks a unique team name, or you can enter your own team name. Team
names must be unique on a system.
3. On the Create Team dialog box, specify the following (see the message pane at the bottom of the
dialog box for more details), and then click OK to return to the adapter properties:
— Name—Type a name for the new team.
— Type—Select the teaming mode by clicking either Failsafe Team, 802.3ad Static Team, 802.3ad
Dynamic Team, or Switch Independent Load Balancing. If you select the 802.3ad dynamic
option, you must also select one of the following options:
• Active LACP: LACP is a Layer 2 protocol that controls the teaming of physical ports into an
aggregated set. LACP discovers if a host's ports are connected to a switch that supports
aggregation on the connected ports and configures those ports into an aggregation bundle. For
LACP to operate, one side has to be Active LACP. The Active LACP side of the protocol initiates
the protocol.
• Passive LACP: The Passive LACP side responds to the active LACP requests.
— Adapters to Add—Select the check box next to each adapter that should form the team.
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