Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57 Series User Manual

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NetXtreme User Guide
Configuring LiveLink for a Smart Load Balancing and Failover and SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable)
Team...................................................................................................................................... 90
Saving and Restoring a Configuration .......................................................................................... 91
Viewing BASP Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 92
Configuring With the Command Line Interface Utility............................................................................ 93
Managing VLANs........................................................................................................................................ 94
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 94
Adding VLANs to Teams....................................................................................................................... 95
Troubleshooting BACS.............................................................................................................................. 96
Section 7: Teaming ...........................................................................................................97
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 98
Load Balancing and Fault Tolerance........................................................................................................ 98
Types of Teams ............................................................................................................................. 98
Smart Load Balancing™ and Failover .................................................................................................. 99
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)................................................................................................................... 99
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static .............................................................................. 99
SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) ............................................................................................................... 100
Limitations of Smart Load Balancing and Failover/SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) Types of Teams..... 100
LiveLink™ Functionality ...................................................................................................................... 101
Teaming and Large Send Offload/Checksum Offload Support........................................................... 101
Section 8: Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services .......................................... 102
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 103
Teaming Glossary............................................................................................................................... 103
Teaming Concepts.............................................................................................................................. 104
Network Addressing..................................................................................................................... 104
Teaming and Network Addresses................................................................................................ 105
Description of Teaming Types ..................................................................................................... 105
Software Components ........................................................................................................................ 109
Hardware Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 110
Ethernet Switch............................................................................................................................ 110
Router .......................................................................................................................................... 110
Supported Features by Team Type .................................................................................................... 110
Selecting a Team Type ....................................................................................................................... 112
Teaming Mechanisms.............................................................................................................................. 113

Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Broadcom
Model	NetXtreme BCM57 Series
Category	Controller
Language	English