Basic Administrative Procedures and Setup Completion
Figure 13: NIC Properties, Teaming Controls tab, Fault Tolerant option
4. Configure the team by choosing either Fault Tolerant or Load Balancing.
Fault Tolerance
The Fault Tolerance teaming option provides three redundancy control options:
Note:
Note:
Detailed information about configuring teams for fault tolerance can be found in the HP
Network Teaming utility help.
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The fault tolerance and load balancing options are discussed in the following sections.
Manual—This setting allows change from a Primary NIC to a Secondary NIC only when
Switch Now is clicked.
The Switch Now option is disabled until Manual is selected and then OK is clicked.
Fail on Fault—This setting automatically switches from a primary NIC to a secondary
NIC when the primary NIC fails.
Smart Switch—This setting lets a member of a team be selected as the preferred Primary
Smart Switch NIC. As long as this NIC is operational, it is always the active NIC. If the
NIC fails and it is eventually restored or replaced, it automatically resumes its status as the
active NIC.
Smart Switch is the recommended choice for fault tolerance.
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