Setting Up Cisco Fast Etherchannel; Setting Up Fec In Windows Nt 4.0 - HP D5970A - NetServer - LCII Installation Manual

Chapter 8

Setting Up Cisco Fast EtherChannel

Fast EtherChannel (FEC) is a performance technology
developed by Cisco to increase throughput between switches.
HP has implemented FEC on server adapters to increase your
server's throughput. Unlike ALB, FEC can be configured to
increase both transmission and reception channels between
your server and switch. FEC works only with FEC-enabled
Cisco switches, such as the Catalyst 5000 series. With FEC, as
you add adapters to your server, you can group them in teams to
provide up to 800 Mbps at full duplex, with a maximum of
eight HP NetServer 10/100 adapters. (Note that the switch must
support more than four adapters in FEC in order for more than
four adapters to work in FEC. Consult your switch
documentation.) The FEC software continuously analyzes
loading on each adapter and balances network traffic across the
adapters as needed. Adapter teams configured for FEC also
provide the benefits of AFT.
To use FEC, you must have two, four, six or eight HP
NetServer 10/100 adapters configured as an FEC Team in your
server or workstation and linked to the same FEC-enabled
Cisco switch.

Setting up FEC in Windows NT 4.0

1. Double-click the Network icon in Control Panel.
2. On the Adapters tab, select a HP NetServer 10/100 adapter
that will be in the team and click Properties. (Don't use an
adapter that is on a VLAN.)
3. In the HPSet window, click the Adapter Teaming tab.
4. Click the Add Adapter to a Team button.
5. The Teaming Wizard starts. Follow the wizard steps for
assigning adapters to a team. Note that you can specify a
Preferred Primary adapter, which in most cases will be
your highest bandwidth adapter. See the HPSet Help for
more information.
6. Click OK, then click Close to finish. When prompted,
restart your computer.
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