Speeds Supported For Each Type Of Team; Teaming And Other Advanced Networking Properties - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

Broadcom Teaming Services: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide
Link speed support
Frame protocol
Incoming packet management Switch
Outgoing packet management BASP
Failover event
Failover time
Fallback time
MAC address
Multivendor teaming
Dynamic Trunking
User interface
Number of teams
Number of adapters per team Maximum 8
Hot replace
Hot add
Hot remove
Link speed support
Frame protocol
Incoming packet management Switch
Outgoing packet management BASP
Failover event
Failover time
Fallback time
MAC address
Multivendor teaming
a
Some switches require matching link speeds to correctly negotiate between trunk connections.
b
Make sure that Port Fast or Edge Port is enabled.

Speeds Supported for Each Type of Team

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 6: Link Speeds in Teaming
Type of Team Link Speed
SLB 10/100/1000/10000 Incoming/outgoing Mixed speed
FEC 100
GEC 1000
IEEE 802.3ad 10/100/1000/10000 Incoming/outgoing Mixed speed

Teaming and Other Advanced Networking Properties

Checksum Offload
IEEE 802.1p QoS Tagging
Large Send Offload
TCP Offload Engine (TOE)
Jumbo Frames
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a
Different speeds
All
Loss of link only
<500 ms
b
1.5 s (approximate)
Same for all adapters
Yes
Broadcom Advanced Control Suite (BACS)
Maximum 8
Yes
Yes
Yes
Different speeds
All
Loss of link only
<500 ms
b
1.5 s (approximate)
Same for all adapters
Yes
Traffic Direction Speed Support
Incoming/outgoing Same speed
Incoming/outgoing Same speed
Table 6. Mixed speed refers to the capability of