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aggregation. This mode is also protocol-independent and all traffic should be load-balanced
and fault-tolerant.
NESL Compliance
For optimum fault tolerance and recovery operations, the BASP.LAN driver relies on the
adapter drivers to generate NetWare Event Service Layer (NESL) events during link changes
and other failure events. NESL is an optional feature in the ODI driver specification, and not
all drivers support it. For NESL events to propagate properly to the BASP.LAN driver, the
ODINEB.NLM driver must be loaded before the NESL-compliant ODI drivers are loaded.
Do the following to check if an adapter driver supports NESL events: Load the BASP.LAN
driver and create a team by binding the adapter to the virtual slot (see the following
instructions and examples). In the Virtual Adapter X Team Members console, the link status
of all bound adapters is shown. Disconnect or connect the adapter cable. If the adapter driver
supports NESL events, the link status should change immediately.
Loading Broadcom Advanced Server Program
1. Load the BASP.LAN driver just as you would a standard LAN driver with all necessary
frame types for the team. The BASP.LAN driver requires a special VSLOT parameter to
specify the virtual slot. The virtual slot can be viewed as team numbers 1 through 4,
which supports up to eight adapters and up to four teams.
NOTES:
Be sure to load BASP.LAN before loading your standard LAN driver.
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The BASP configuration procedure also applies when you are adding an
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adapter by hot plugging.
Example:
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