Windows Nt; Creating A Group; Adding Nics To A Group - 3Com 3C990B-TX-M User Manual

Windows NT

Start 3Com Advanced Server features under Windows NT as follows:
1 Log in to the Windows NT Administrator account.
2 From the Windows Start menu, select Settings/Control Panel.
3 Double-click the DynamicAccess SW Server icon.
The DynamicAccess Resilient Server Link/Load Balance/VLAN Configuration window
appears. Click the appropriate tab to configure server features.

Creating a Group

1 Click the Load Balance/RSL tab.
2 In the Load Balance/RSL window, click Create Group.
3 In the Create Group dialog box, type a group name.
4 Set the load balancing:
To enable transmit load balancing — Clear the Receive Load Balance Enabled
check box and check the Transmit Load Balance Enabled box.
To enable bidirectional load balancing — Check both the Transmit Load Balance
Enabled box and the Receive Load Balance Enabled box. Enter only the Host ID bytes
required for a dedicated IP address. For example:
Class A
Class B
Class C
See "Specifying a Dedicated IP Address" later in this chapter for more information on
the dedicated IP address.
To disable all load balancing — Clear the Receive Load Balance Enabled and the
Transmit Load Balance Enabled check boxes.
5 Click OK.
The name of the new NIC group appears in the Load Balancing/RSL Groups list box.

Adding NICs to a Group

1 Click the Load Balance/RSL tab.
2 In the Load Balance/RSL window:
Select a group from the Load Balancing/RSL Groups list.
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Select a NIC from the Network Interface Cards list.
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3 Click Add NIC.
The NIC appears as part of the group in the Load Balancing/RSL list box.
If you click Add NIC repeatedly, NICs are added to the group in the order that they are
listed after the first NIC you selected.
Configuring Groups and VLANs for a Server NIC
Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte 3
Network ID Host ID
24 1
Network ID Host ID
2
Network ID
Byte 4
253
253
Host ID
253
47