Introduction; Teaming Glossary - Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57 Series User Manual

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Introduction

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Teaming Glossary

• Teaming Concepts
• Software Components
• Hardware Requirements
• Supported Features by Team Type
• Selecting a Team Type
This section describes the technology and implementation considerations when working with the network
teaming services offered by the Broadcom software shipped with systems. The goal of Broadcom teaming
services is to provide fault tolerance and link aggregation across a team of two or more adapters. The
information in this document is provided to assist IT professionals during the deployment and troubleshooting
of system applications that require network fault tolerance and load balancing.
Teaming Glossary
Item
ARP
BACS
BASP
DNS
G-ARP
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/
802.3ad-Draft Static
HSRP
ICMP
IGMP
IP
LACP
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)
LOM
MAC
NDIS
NLB
PXE
RAID
Smart Load Balance and Failover Switch-independent failover type of team in which the primary team
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Table 8: Teaming Glossary
Definition
Address Resolution Protocol
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite
Broadcom Advanced Server Program (intermediate driver)
domain name service
Gratuitous Address Resolution Protocol
Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of team in which the
intermediate driver manages outgoing traffic and the switch manages
incoming traffic.
Hot Standby Router Protocol
Internet Control Message Protocol
Internet Group Management Protocol
Internet Protocol
Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Switch-dependent load balancing and failover type of team with LACP in
which the intermediate driver manages outgoing traffic and the switch
manages incoming traffic.
LAN on Motherboard
media access control
Network Driver Interface Specification
Network Load Balancing (Microsoft)
Preboot Execution Environment
Redundant array of inexpensive disks
member handles all incoming and outgoing traffic while the standby team
member is idle until a failover event (for example, loss of link occurs). The
intermediate driver (BASP) manages incoming/outgoing traffic.
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