Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57 Series - Driver Support by Operating System

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Driver Support by Operating System
As previously noted, BASP is supported in Windows Server 2008 and 2012 operating system environments.
The various teaming mode features are summarized in the table below.
Table 12: Teaming Mode Features
Features Windows Support
Smart Load Balancing™
User interface
BACS
a
Number of teams 16
Number of adapters per team 8
Hot replace Yes
Hot add Yes
Hot remove Yes
Link speed support Different speeds
Frame protocol IP
Incoming packet management BASP
Outgoing packet management BASP
Failover event Loss of link or LiveLink event
Failover time <500 ms
Fallback time
1.5 s
b
(approximate)
LiveLink support Yes
MAC address Different
Multivendor teaming Yes
Generic Trunking
User interface BACS
Number of teams 16
Number of adapters per team 8
Hot replace Yes
Hot add Yes
Hot remove Yes
Link speed support Different speeds
Frame protocol All
Incoming packet management Switch
Outgoing packet management BASP
Failover event Loss of link only
Failover time 500 ms
Fallback time
1.5 s
b
(approximate)
MAC address Same for all adapters
Multivendor teaming Yes
Dynamic Trunking