Driver Support By Operating System - Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57 Series User Manual

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Driver Support by Operating System

As previously noted, BASP is supported in Windows Server 2008 and 2012 operating system environments.
The various teaming mode features are summarized in the table below.
Features
Smart Load Balancing™
User interface
Number of teams
Number of adapters per team
Hot replace
Hot add
Hot remove
Link speed support
Frame protocol
Incoming packet management
Outgoing packet management
Failover event
Failover time
Fallback time
LiveLink support
MAC address
Multivendor teaming
Generic Trunking
User interface
Number of teams
Number of adapters per team
Hot replace
Hot add
Hot remove
Link speed support
Frame protocol
Incoming packet management
Outgoing packet management
Failover event
Failover time
Fallback time
MAC address
Multivendor teaming
Dynamic Trunking
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Table 12: Teaming Mode Features
Windows Support
a
BACS
16
8
Yes
Yes
Yes
Different speeds
IP
BASP
BASP
Loss of link or LiveLink event
<500 ms
b
1.5 s (approximate)
Yes
Different
Yes
BACS
16
8
Yes
Yes
Yes
Different speeds
All
Switch
BASP
Loss of link only
500 ms
b
1.5 s (approximate)
Same for all adapters
Yes
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services
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