Notes And Restrictions - NEC Express5800/R120i-1M Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Installing Windows

3.7.3 Notes and restrictions

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NIC teaming on a guest OS is not supported.
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Teaming of virtual NICs on the host OS is not supported in the Hyper-V environment.
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When STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) is enabled on network switch ports to which network adapters of the
team are connected, network communications may be disrupted. Disable STP, or configure "PortFast" or
"EdgePort" to the ports.
* About setting the network switch of the connection destination, see the manual of the network switch.
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All NICs in the team must be connected to the same subnet.
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Teaming of different speed NICs is not supported.
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Teaming of different vendor's NICs is not supported.
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When teaming is configured in a Network Load Balancing (NLB) environment, you should select multicast
mode on the NLB cluster.
Refer to the following website for the latest information.
https://www.58support.nec.co.jp/global/download/w2016/index.html
- [Technical Information] - [NIC Teaming (LBFO)]
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