HP ProLiant DL100 G2 Data Protection Storage Server administration guide (June 2006)

NOTE:

If any of the adapters on an SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) type of team is disabled, this type of team cannot

function as described. Instead, the team functions as a Smart Load Balancing and Failov er type of team.

Creating a team

Perform the steps in this section to create a team and conﬁgure the NIC team I P address:

NOTE:

Enabling Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol (DHCP) is not recommended for members of an SLB

type of team.

1. From the Tools menu, click Create a Team. The available adapters are listed (these adapters are

not currently members of any team).

2. Type a team name in the Enter a nam e you will use to identify this team box.

3. Selectthetypeofteam,andthenclickNext.

4. Assign any available device or devices to the team by moving the device from the Available

Adapters list to the Load Balance Members list. There must b e at least one device in the Load

Balance Members list.

5. If desired, assign any other available device or devices to the team by moving the device from the

Available Adapters list to the Standby Member list.

NOTE:

TheremustbeatleastoneBroadcomnetworkadapterassignedtotheteam.

6. Click Apply.

7. Click Yes when the message is displayed indicating that the network connection will be temporarily

interrupted.

Teaming guidelines

Be aware of the following teaming guideline:

• The number of characters that can be used in a team name is a minimum of 1 and a maximum

of 39.

• A team name c annot begin with spaces or contain the character "&."

• Team names must be unique. If you attempt to use a team name more than once, an error

message is d isplayed indicating that the name already exists.

• The maximum number of team members is 8.

• When team con ﬁguration has b een correctly performed, a virtual team adapter driver is created

for each conﬁgured team.

• To view the conﬁguration of the team, click Preview before clicking Apply. If you are satisﬁed with

the conﬁgu ration, click Conﬁgure. If you are not satisﬁed, either delete the team, or reconﬁgure it.

• If you disable a virtual team and later want to re-enable it, you must ﬁrst disable and re-enable all

team members before you re-enable the virtual team.

• When you create G eneric Trunking and Link Aggregation teams, you cannot designate a

standby m emb er. Standby members work only with Smart Load Balancing and Failover and

SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) t ypes of teams.

• For an SL B (Auto-Fallback Disable) team, to restore trafﬁc to the load balance members from the

standby member, click the Fallback button on the Team Properties tab.

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