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A. Teaming Part

a. Create Teaming Flow

(i) From the start up menu, left click the icon in ProgramsÆRealtek Teaming and VLAN

Æ Realtek Teaming and VLAN Utility, as shown in the figure below:

(ii) The initialize user interface is showed below:

Summary of content (13 pages)

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A. Teaming Part a.
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(iii) Teaming needs to set three parts 1. select adapters (at least two adpaters) 2. select teaming mode There are three teaming modes for user choosing. (Default = 802.3ad) (1) General Switch Mode This mode is supported to general switch (without teaming function swtich). (2) FEC/GEC The mode needs the switch supports FEC/GEC. So, the switch has to setup FEC/GEC mode and which ports are using for teaming. (3) Link Aggregation \ LACP (802.3ad) The mode needs switch support LACP.
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. after selecting teaming adapter and teaming mode, click teaming button (iv) If the Teaming created completely, the Dialog will show “Create Virtual Adapter For Teaming Complete” and click OK. (There are two message boxes which are “Start Disable Adapters” and “Start unbinding” show during creating teaming process) The step will cost one or two minutes.
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(vi) Network Component has a new Virtual Adapter For Teaming b. Teaming Notes (i) The gigabit switch prefer supporting teaming function (likely FEC/GEC, LACP…) If the gigabit switch doesn’t support teaming function, the performance of Inbound Traffic (Rx) will only have one adapter performance.
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FEC/GEC and the mode of the teaming switch is LACP, the teaming switch will send LACP packets to the teaming server and wait the response form the teaming server. But the teaming server will not reply the teaming switch due to set FEC/GEC mode. So, the teaming is failed. c. Remove Teaming Flow (i) If without closing the user interface, directly click remove button.
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(ii) If the Vlan removed completely, the Dialog shows “Remove Teaming Virtual Adapter Finnished” and click OK.
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B. Vlan Part a.
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(iii) Click to select one adapter for Vlan (one adapter selected) (iv) Click the Vlan button and start to create Vlan
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(v) If the Vlan created completely, the Dialog will show “Create Virtual Adapter For Vlan Complete” and click OK.
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(vii)Select the virtual Adapter and right-click to select “Properties” (viii) The below figure is showed the properties. There, click the “Configure “Button to setup the value of Vlan ID.
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(ix) Select Advanced Page and Click Vlan ID properties to setup the value.
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b. Remove Vlan Flow (i) If without closing the user interface, directly click remove button.
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(ii) If the Vlan removed completely, the Dialog shows “Remove VLAN Virtual Adapter Finnished” and click OK.