NEC EXPRESS 5800 User Manual page 143

Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a team containing more than one adapter
and automatically directs network traffic to the adapters in the team when one of the adapters
fails.
Adapter Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a team containing more than one adapter
that enhances through put by balancing the load across the adapters, which are team members.
This feature includes AFT feature.
IMPORTANT:
AFT/ALB setup must be performed after installing the drivers and
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restarting the system.
All the adapters specified, as an Adapter Team must be on the same
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LAN. If they are connected to separate LANs, they cannot perform
AFT or ALB.
If you want to utilize AFT/ALB feature, follow the procedure below to setup.
Double-click [Intel (R) PROSet II] on the [Control Panel] dialog box.
1.
The [Intel (R) PROSet II] dialog box appears.
Select "Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)" in the list and right-click.
2.
Pull-down menu appears.
Select [Add to Team>] and then click [Create New Team...].
3.
The [Teaming Wizard] dialog box appears.
Select "Adapter Fault Tolerance" or "Adaptive Load Balancing" and click [Next].
4.
Check the adapter to join the team and click [Next].
5.
Click [Complete].
6.
The setup will go back to [Intel (R) PROSet II] dialog box, so click [OK].
7.
Restart the system.
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Installing the Operating System 4-15