Creating A Team; Teaming Guidelines - HP ProLiant DL100 G2 Administration Manual

NOTE:
If any of the adapters on an SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) type of team is disabled, this type of team cannot
function as described. Instead, the team functions as a Smart Load Balancing and Failover type of team.

Creating a team

Perform the steps in this section to create a team and configure the NIC team IP address:
NOTE:
Enabling Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is not recommended for members of an SLB
type of team
1.
From the Tools menu, click Create a Team. The available adapters are listed (these adapters are
not currently members of any team).
2.
Type a team name in the Enter a name you will use to identify this team box.
3.
Select the type of team, and then click Next.
4.
Assign any available device or devices to the team by moving the device from the Available
Adapters list to the Load Balance Members list. There must be at least one device in the Load
Balance Members list.
5.
If desired, assign any other available device or devices to the team by moving the device from the
Available Adapters list to the Standby Member list.
NOTE:
There must be at least one Broadcom network adapter assigned to the team.
6. Click Apply.
7. Click Yes when the message is displayed indicating that the network connection will be temporarily
interrupted.

Teaming guidelines

Be aware of the following teaming guideline:
• The number of characters that can be used in a team name is a minimum of 1 and a maximum
of 39.
• A team name cannot begin with spaces or contain the character "&."
• Team names must be unique. If you attempt to use a team name more than once, an error
message is displayed indicating that the name already exists.
• The maximum number of team members is 8.
• When team configuration has been correctly performed, a virtual team adapter driver is created
for each configured team.
• To view the configuration of the team, click Preview before clicking Apply. If you are satisfied with
the configuration, click Configure. If you are not satisfied, either delete the team, or reconfigure it.
• If you disable a virtual team and later want to re-enable it, you must first disable and re-enable all
team members before you re-enable the virtual team.
• When you create Generic Trunking and Link Aggregation teams, you cannot designate a
standby member. Standby members work only with Smart Load Balancing and Failover and
SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) types of teams.
• For an SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) team, to restore traffic to the load balance members from the
standby member, click the Fallback button on the Team Properties tab.
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