Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming ServicesNetXtreme User Guide
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April 2017 • 2CS57XX-CDUM514-R Page 133
Question: Can WOL work over a virtual adapter (team)?
Answer: Wake-on-LAN functionality operates in an environment before the operating system is loaded.
WOL occurs when the system is off or in standby, so no team is configured.
Question: What is the maximum number of ports that can be teamed together?
Answer: Up to 8 ports can be assigned to a team.
Question: What is the maximum number of teams that can be configured on the same system?
Answer: Up to 16 teams can be configured on the same system.
Question: Why does my team lose connectivity for the first 30 to 50 seconds after the primary adapter is
restored (fallback)?
Answer: Because Spanning Tree Protocol is bringing the port from blocking to forwarding. You must
enable Port Fast or Edge Port on the switch ports connected to the team or use LiveLink to
account for the STP delay.
Question: Can I connect a team across multiple switches?
Answer: Smart Load Balancing can be used with multiple switches because each physical adapter in the
system uses a unique Ethernet MAC address. Link Aggregation and Generic Trunking cannot
operate across switches because they require all physical adapters to share the same Ethernet
MAC address.
Question: How do I upgrade the intermediate driver (BASP)?
Answer: The intermediate driver cannot be upgraded through the Local Area Connection Properties. It
must be upgraded using the Setup installer.
Question: How can I determine the performance statistics on a virtual adapter (team)?
Answer: In Broadcom Advanced Control Suite, click the BASP Statistics tab for the virtual adapter.
Question: Can I configure NLB and teaming concurrently?
Answer: Yes, but only when running NLB in a multicast mode (NLB is not supported with MS Cluster
Services).
Question: Should both the backup system and client systems that are backed up be teamed?
Answer: Because the backup system is under the most data load, it should always be teamed for link
aggregation and failover. A fully redundant network, however, requires that both the switches
and the backup clients be teamed for fault tolerance and link aggregation.
Question: During backup operations, does the adapter teaming algorithm load balance data at a byte-level
or a session-level?
Answer: When using adapter teaming, data is only load balanced at a session level and not a byte level
to prevent out-of-order frames. Adapter teaming load balancing does not work the same way
as other storage load balancing mechanisms such as EMC PowerPath.
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