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Network Adapter Miniport Driver............................................................................................30
Teaming Intermediate Driver.....................................................................................................30
HP Network Configuration Utility............................................................................................30
HP Teaming and Layer 2 Versus Layer 3 Addresses.......................................................................30
Types of HP Integrity Network Adapter Teams...................................................................................31
Network Fault Tolerance Only (NFT).............................................................................................31
Network Addressing and Communication with NFT...............................................................32
Scenario 4-A: A Device Pings an NFT Team on the Same Layer 2 Network.......................32
NFT Redundancy Mechanisms..................................................................................................34
Basic Redundancy Mechanisms............................................................................................34
Advanced Redundancy Mechanisms...................................................................................37
Redundancy Mechanism Priority.........................................................................................54
Redundancy Mechanism Comparison Chart.......................................................................54
Failover Events......................................................................................................................55
NFT Network Adapter Failure Recovery...................................................................................56
NFT Applications.......................................................................................................................56
Recommended Configurations for NFT Environments.............................................................57
Network Fault Tolerance Only with Preference Order...................................................................57
NFT with Preference Order Applications..................................................................................57
Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (TLB).....................................................................57
Network Addressing and Communication with TLB...............................................................58
Scenario 4-B: A Device Pings a TLB Team on the Same Layer 2 Network..........................58
Transmit Load Balancing Methods (Algorithms)......................................................................60
TLB Automatic Method........................................................................................................61
TLB TCP Connection Method...............................................................................................62
TLB Destination IP Address Method....................................................................................62
TLB Destination MAC Address Method..............................................................................64
TLB Round Robin Method for Outbound Load Balancing..................................................66
TLB Redundancy Mechanisms...................................................................................................67
TLB Network Adapter Failure Recovery...................................................................................67
TLB Applications........................................................................................................................67
Recommended Configurations for TLB Environments.............................................................67
Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance and Preference Order...........................................68
Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance and Preference Order Applications................68
Switch-Assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (SLB).........................................................68
Network Addressing and Communication with SLB................................................................69
SLB Outbound Load-Balancing Algorithms..............................................................................69
SLB Inbound Load-Balancing Algorithm..................................................................................69
Cisco EtherChannel...............................................................................................................70
Switch Vendor Port Trunking Technology Supported by SLB..................................................71
SLB Redundancy Mechanisms...................................................................................................72
SLB Network Adapter Failure Recovery....................................................................................72
SLB Applications........................................................................................................................72
Recommended Configurations for SLB Environments.............................................................72
802.3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance...........................................................................................73
Switch-assisted Dual Channel Load Balancing...............................................................................73
Dual Channel Configuration......................................................................................................76
Dual Channel Transmit Balancing Algorithm...........................................................................77
Dual Channel Receive Load-Balancing Algorithm....................................................................77
Receive Load Balancing on a Per-Port Trunk Basis..............................................................77
Receive Load Balancing on Multiple Trunks........................................................................77
Dual Channel Redundancy Mechanisms...................................................................................78
Basic Redundancy Mechanisms............................................................................................78
Advanced Redundancy Mechanisms...................................................................................78
Dual Channel Network Adapter Failure Recovery...................................................................78
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