Users Guide

11–Marvell Teaming Services
General Network Considerations
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SLB Team Connected to a Single Hub
SLB teams configured as shown in Figure 11-6 maintain their fault tolerance
properties. Either server connection could potentially fail, and network
functionality is maintained. Clients could be connected directly to the hub, and
fault tolerance would still be maintained; server performance, however, would be
degraded.
Figure 11-6. Team Connected to a Single Hub
Generic and Dynamic Trunking (FEC/GEC/IEEE 802.3ad)
FEC, GEC, and IEEE 802.3ad teams cannot be connected to any hub
configuration. These team types must be connected to a switch that has also
been configured for this team type.
Teaming with Microsoft Network Load Balancing
Teaming does not work in Microsoft’s Network Load Balancing unicast mode, only
in multicast mode. Due to the mechanism used by the Network Load Balancing
service, the recommended teaming configuration in this environment is Failover
(SLB with a standby NIC) as load balancing is managed by Network Load
Balancing.