Cisco Systems 5709 Manual De Usuario
User Guide
NetXtreme II
January 2010
Bro a d c o m Co rp o r a ti o n
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Executive Summary
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a
SLB with one primary and one standby member.
b
Requires at least one Broadcom adapter in the team.
c TOE functionality can only be achieved with SLB teams that consist of all Broadcom TOE-enabled adapters.
Mixed speeds
(adapters that do not
support a common
speed(s), but can
operate at different
speeds)
(adapters that do not
support a common
speed(s), but can
operate at different
speeds)
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mixed speeds
(adapters that support
a common speed(s),
but can operate at
different speeds)
(adapters that support
a common speed(s),
but can operate at
different speeds)
Yes
Yes
No (must be the same
speed)
speed)
Yes
Load balances TCP/
IP
IP
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Mixed vendor teaming
Yes
b
Yes
b
Yes
b
Yes
b
Load balances non-IP
No
Yes (IPX outbound
traffic only)
traffic only)
Yes
Yes
Same MAC address
for all team members
for all team members
No
No
Yes
Yes
Same IP address for
all team members
all team members
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Load balancing by IP
address
address
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Load balancing by
MAC address
MAC address
No
Yes (used for no-IP/
IPX)
IPX)
Yes
Yes
Allows TOE
functionality to co-
exist when all team
members support
TOE
functionality to co-
exist when all team
members support
TOE
c
Yes
Yes
No
No
Table 4: Comparison of Team Types (Cont.)
Type of Team
Fault Tolerance
Load Balancing
Switch-Dependent
Static Trunking
Static Trunking
Switch-Independent
Dynamic Link
Aggregation
(IEEE 802.3ad)
Dynamic Link
Aggregation
(IEEE 802.3ad)
Function
SLB with Standby
a
SLB
Generic Trunking
Link Aggregation