Broadcom NetXtreme II User Manual

User Guide NetXtreme II
January 2010
Broadcom Corporation
Document ENGSRVT52-CDUM100-R Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V Page 241
TEAMED NETWORK ADAPTERS
Table 2 identifies Hyper-V supported features that are configurable for NetXtreme II teamed network adapters. This table is
not an all-inclusive list of Hyper-V features.
Table 2: Configurable Teamed Network Adapter Hyper-V Features
Feature
Supported in
Windows Server
2008
Supported in
Windows Server
2008 R2
Comments/Limitation
Smart Load Balancing and Failover
(SLB) team type
Yes Yes Multi-member SLB team allowed
with latest BASP6 version.
Link Aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad
LACP) team type
Yes Yes –
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)
802.3ad Draft Static team type
Yes Yes –
Failover Yes Yes –
LiveLink Yes Yes –
Large Send Offload (LSO) Limited* Yes *Conforms to miniport limitations
outlines in Table 1.
Checksum Offload (CO) Limited* Yes *Conforms to miniport limitations
outlines in Table 1.
TCP Offload Engine (TOE) Limited* Yes *Conforms to miniport limitations
outlines in Table 1.
Hyper-V VLAN over an adapter Yes Yes –
Hyper-V VLAN over a teamed
adapter
Yes Yes –
Hyper-V VLAN over a VLAN Limited* Limited* Only an untagged VLAN.
Hyper-V virtual switch over an
adapter
Yes Yes –
Hyper-V virtual switch over a teamed
adapter
Yes Yes –
Hyper-V virtual switch over a VLAN Yes Yes –
iSCSI boot No No* *Remote boot to SAN is supported.

Broadcom NetXtreme II Specifications

General

Brand	Broadcom
Model	NetXtreme II
Category	Network Card
Language	English