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User Guide
January 2010
Type of Team Fault Tolerance
Function
SLB with Standby
Mixed speeds Yes
(adapters that do not
support a common
speed(s), but can
operate at different
speeds)
Mixed speeds Yes
(adapters that support
a common speed(s),
but can operate at
different speeds)
Load balances TCP/ No
IP
Mixed vendor teaming
Yes
Load balances non-IP No
Same MAC address No
for all team members
Same IP address for Yes
all team members
Load balancing by IP No
address
Load balancing by No
MAC address
Allows TOE Yes
functionality to co-
exist when all team
members support
c
TOE
a
SLB with one primary and one standby member.
b
Requires at least one Broadcom adapter in the team.
c TOE functionality can only be achieved with SLB teams that consist of all Broadcom TOE-enabled adapters.
Document ENGSRVT52-CDUM100-R
Table 4: Comparison of Team Types (Cont.)
Load Balancing
a
SLB
Yes
Yes
Yes
b b
Yes
Yes (IPX outbound
traffic only)
No
Yes
Yes
Yes (used for no-IP/
IPX)
Yes
Bro adco m Co rp or atio n
Switch-Independent
Switch-Dependent Dynamic Link
Static Trunking Aggregation
(IEEE 802.3ad)
Generic Trunking Link Aggregation
No No
No (must be the same Yes
speed)
Yes Yes
b
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
No No
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