NEC Express5800/120Rd-2 Service Manual page 164

4-30 Installing the Operating System
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) Setup
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.
If you want to utilize AFT/ALB feature, follow the procedure below to setup.
IMPORTANT:
To utilize AFT/ALB, you have to apply Service Pack 5 or later.
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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 the separate LANs, they cannot
perform AFT or ALB.
1. Double-click [Intel (R) PROSet II] on the [Control Panel] dialog box.
The [Intel (R) PROSet II] dialog box appears.
2. Select "Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)" in the list and right-click.
Pull-down menu appears.
Select [Add to Team>] and then click [Create New Team...].
3.
If Service Pack 5 or later is not applied to the system, a window to notify you of that
issue will be displayed at this point. In this case, click [OK] and go back to [Intel (R)
PROSet II] dialog box, click [Cancel], apply Service Pack 5 or later and perform
AFT/ALB setup again.
IMPORTANT: If you utilize the AFT/ALB features with a system that
has not had Service Pack 5 applied, the system may behave abnormally.
Be sure to apply Service Pack 5 or later before utilizing the AFT/ALB
features.
[Teaming Wizard] dialog box appears.
4. Select [Adapter Fault Tolerance] or [Adaptive Load Balancing] and click [Next].
Check the adapter to join the team and click [Next].
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6. Click [Complete].
7. The setup will go back to the [Intel (R) PROSet II] dialog box, so click [OK].
According to the type of protocols and so on, input request for network information may
occur at this point.
Click [Yes] on the [Reboot Required] dialog box and restart the system.
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