NEC EXPRESS 5800 Manuel D’Utilisation
Installing the Operating System 4-15
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a team containing more than one adapter
and automatically directs network traffic to the adapters in the team when one of the adapters
fails.
Adapter Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a team containing more than one adapter
that enhances through put by balancing the load across the adapters, which are team members.
This feature includes AFT feature.
and automatically directs network traffic to the adapters in the team when one of the adapters
fails.
Adapter Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a team containing more than one adapter
that enhances through put by balancing the load across the adapters, which are team members.
This feature includes AFT feature.
IMPORTANT:
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AFT/ALB setup must be performed after installing the drivers and
restarting the system.
restarting the system.
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All the adapters specified, as an Adapter Team must be on the same
LAN. If they are connected to separate LANs, they cannot perform
AFT or ALB.
LAN. If they are connected to separate LANs, they cannot perform
AFT or ALB.
If you want to utilize AFT/ALB feature, follow the procedure below to setup.
1.
Double-click [Intel (R) PROSet II] on the [Control Panel] dialog box.
The [Intel (R) PROSet II] dialog box appears.
The [Intel (R) PROSet II] dialog box appears.
2.
Select "Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)" in the list and right-click.
Pull-down menu appears.
Pull-down menu appears.
3.
Select [Add to Team>] and then click [Create New Team...].
The [Teaming Wizard] dialog box appears.
The [Teaming Wizard] dialog box appears.
4.
Select "Adapter Fault Tolerance" or "Adaptive Load Balancing" and click [Next].
5.
Check the adapter to join the team and click [Next].
6.
Click [Complete].
7.
The setup will go back to [Intel (R) PROSet II] dialog box, so click [OK].
8.
Restart the system.