Dual Lan Configuration; Overview; Configuring Dual Lan - NEC Express 5800 User Manual

3-34 Windows Setup and Operation

DUAL LAN CONFIGURATION

The NEC Express5800/ft series builds a dual LAN configuration by using "Stratus emb-82559
10/100 Enet Adapter" (100Base) and "Stratus emb-82544GC Copper Gigabit Adapter" (1000Base)
mounted as standard on the PCI module.

Overview

The dual LAN configuration is of two types.
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter
and automatically converts the process of the working adapter to the other adapter in the group
when any trouble occurred on that adapter.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter
and enhances the through put by operating packet transmission from the server by all the adapters.
This feature includes AFT feature.

Configuring dual LAN

TIPS:
To set dual LAN configuration, log on as "Administrator" or a member of the group
"Administrators".
1.
Display the [Intel(R)PROSet II] dialog box.
2.
Start one of the start menu modes below:
Standard start menu mode
Click [Intel(R)PROSet II] in [Control Panel] from the [Start] menu.
Classic start menu mode
(1) Select [Control Panel] from [Settings] of the [Start] menu.
(2) Double-click the [Intel(R)PROSet II] icon.
3.
Select [Network Components] from Network Component Tree. The pop-up menu appears.
Select [Fault Tolerance] from [Create Team].