HP Integrity rx2800 - i2 White Paper page 6

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3-1 HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming......................................................................................15
3-2 Using Multi-homing for server network redundancy..................................................................16
3-3 Using NIC teaming for server network redundancy....................................................................17
3-4 Teaming types and functionality...................................................................................................18
3-5 How to choose the best team type.................................................................................................21
3-6 NCU Main page.............................................................................................................................24
4-1 Overview of NFT communication.................................................................................................32
4-2 Scenario 4-A: A device pings an NFT team on the same Layer 2 network..................................33
4-3 Team Properties page - Settings tab containing the heartbeat settings........................................35
4-4 Upstream link failures cause server isolation...............................................................................38
4-5 Active Path failover configuration: Directed ARP........................................................................46
4-6 Active Path failover configuration: Community Address ARP....................................................47
4-7 Upstream link failures cause server isolation...............................................................................49
4-8 Upstream link failures cause server receive bandwidth bottleneck.............................................50
4-9 Upstream link failures add extra hop for server receive traffic....................................................50
4-10 Fast Path operation overview........................................................................................................52
4-11 Fast Path configuration and monitoring.......................................................................................53
4-12 Overview of TLB communication.................................................................................................58
4-13 Scenario 4-B: A device pings a TLB team on the same Layer 2 network......................................59
4-14 Transmit Load Balancing Method Configuration.........................................................................61
4-15 Scenario 4-C: TLB team using IP address for load balancing algorithm......................................64
4-16 Scenario 4-D: TLB team using MAC address for load-balancing algorithm................................66
4-17 Overview of SLB communication.................................................................................................69
4-18 TLB does not provide receive load balancing...............................................................................74
4-19 SLB does not provide switch redundancy....................................................................................74
4-20 Dual Channel & Dynamic Dual Channel provide full load balancing and switch
redundancy....................................................................................................................................75
4-21 Overview of Dual Channel communication.................................................................................76
4-22 Dual Channel configuration..........................................................................................................77
4-23 Active Path and Fast Path disagree on Primary teamed port.......................................................80
4-24 Mechanisms priority configuration: Fast Path prioritized higher than Active Path....................81
4-25 Teamed port Information tab........................................................................................................82
4-26 Team state icons.............................................................................................................................83
4-27 VLAN tagging used with HP Integrity Network Adapter Teaming............................................85
A-1 Scenario A-1: One device pings another on the same Layer 2 network........................................90
A-2 Scenario A-2: one device pings another on a different Layer 2 network......................................91
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