Teaming And Other Advanced Networking Properties - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

Outgoing packet management BASP
Failover event
Failover time
Fallback time
MAC address
Multivendor teaming
a Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3
b Make sure that Port Fast or Edge Port is enabled
Supported Teaming Speeds
The various link speeds that are supported for each type of team are listed in
teaming adapters that are running at different link speeds.
Table 7. Link Speeds in Teaming
Type of Team Link Speed Traffic Direction Speed Support
SLB 10/100/1000 Incoming/outgoing Mixed speed
FEC 100
GEC 1000
IEEE 802.3ad 10/100/1000 Incoming/outgoing Mixed speed

Teaming and Other Advanced Networking Properties

Checksum Offload
IEEE 802.1p QoS Tagging
Large Send Offload
Jumbo Frames
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
Wake on LAN
Preboot Execution Environment (PXE)
Before creating a team, adding or removing team members, or changing advanced settings of a team member, make sure
each team member has been configured similarly. Settings to check include VLANs and QoS Packet Tagging, Jumbo Frames,
and the various offloads. The advanced adapter properties and teaming support are listed in
Table 8. Advanced Adapter Properties and Teaming Support
Adapter Property
Checksum Offload
IEEE 802.1p QoS Tagging
Large Send Offload
Jumbo Frames
IEEE 802.1Q VLANs
Wake on LAN
Preboot Execution environment (PXE) Yes c
a All adapters on the team must support this feature. Some adapters may not support this feature if ASF/IPMI is also enabled.
b Must be supported by all adapters in the team.
c As a PXE sever only, not as a client.
Loss of link only
<500 ms
1.5 s b (approximate)
Same for all adapters
Yes
Incoming/outgoing Same speed
Incoming/outgoing Same speed
Supported by Teamed Virtual Adapter
Yes
No
Yes a
b
Yes
Yes
No
BASP
Loss of link only
<500 ms
1.5 s b (approximate)
Same for all adapters
Yes
Table 7. Mixed speed refers to the capability of
Table 8.