Table Of Contents - HP Integrity rx2800 - i2 White Paper

Table of Contents

1 Introduction......................................................................................................................9
Abstract...................................................................................................................................................9
How to Read This Document.................................................................................................................9
Section Layout.........................................................................................................................................9
2 An Executive Overview of Teaming...........................................................................11
What is HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming?...............................................................................11
The Goals of HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming........................................................................11
Fault Tolerance: Self-Healing Network Connectivity.....................................................................11
Load Balancing: RAID 5 for Server Network Adapters..................................................................12
Why HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming?...................................................................................13
3 Teaming Fundamentals for the First-Time User..........................................................15
A Technical Overview of HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming.....................................................15
Fault Tolerance: Dual Homing or Network Adapter Teaming?......................................................15
Load Balancing: Server-Based Routing Protocol or NIC Teaming?................................................17
Overview of Team Types......................................................................................................................17
Network Fault Tolerance Only (NFT).............................................................................................18
Network Fault Tolerance Only with Preference Order...................................................................18
Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (TLB).....................................................................19
Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance and Preference Order...........................................19
Switch-assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (SLB)..........................................................19
802.3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance...........................................................................................19
Switch-assisted Dual Channel Load Balancing...............................................................................19
802.3ad Dynamic Dual Channel Load Balancing............................................................................20
Automatic........................................................................................................................................20
How to Choose the Best Team Type.....................................................................................................20
Basic Teaming Versus Advanced Teaming...........................................................................................22
Basic Deployment Steps for HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming................................................23
Download........................................................................................................................................23
Install...............................................................................................................................................23
Launch.............................................................................................................................................23
Overview of the HP Network Configuration Utility............................................................................23
NCU Main Page...............................................................................................................................24
Primary Actions from the NCU Main Page...............................................................................24
Team Properties Page......................................................................................................................24
Team Properties Page Tabs.........................................................................................................25
Adapter Properties Page..................................................................................................................25
Adapter Properties Page Tabs....................................................................................................25
Getting Started......................................................................................................................................26
Example Deployment of Basic Teaming..........................................................................................26
Example Deployment of Advanced Teaming.................................................................................26
4 The Mechanics of Teaming for the Advanced User.................................................29
Section Objectives and Prerequisites....................................................................................................29
Architecture of HP Integrity Networking Adapter Teaming...............................................................29
The "Networking Layers" of an Operating System........................................................................29
Teaming Software Components......................................................................................................30
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