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minimizes the downtime due to spanning tree loop determination when
failing over. LiveLink mitigates such issues.
IPX balances only on the transmit side of the team; other protocols are
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limited to the primary adapter.
If a team member is linked at 1000 Mbit/s and another team member is
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linked at 100 Mbit/s, most of the traffic is handled by the 1000 Mbit/s team
member.
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)
This mode supports link aggregation and conforms to the IEEE 802.3ad (LACP) specification.
Configuration software allows you to dynamically configure which adapters you want to
participate in a given team. If the link partner is not correctly configured for 802.3ad link
configuration, errors are detected and noted. With this mode, all adapters in the team are
configured to receive packets for the same MAC address. The outbound load-balancing
scheme is determined by our BASP driver. The team link partner determines the
load-balancing scheme for inbound packets. In this mode, at least one of the link partners
must be in active mode.
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static
The Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static type of team is very similar to the Link
Aggregation (802.3ad) type of team in that all adapters in the team are configured to receive
packets for the same MAC address. The Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static)
type of team, however, does not provide LACP or marker protocol support. This type of team
supports a variety of environments in which the adapter link partners are statically configured
to support a proprietary trunking mechanism. For instance, this type of team could be used
to support Lucent's OpenTrunk or Cisco's Fast EtherChannel (FEC). Basically, this type of
team is a light version of the Link Aggregation (802.3ad) type of team. This approach is much
simpler, in that there is not a formalized link aggregation control protocol (LACP). As with the
other types of teams, the creation of teams and the allocation of physical adapters to various
teams is done statically through user configuration software.
The Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC/802.3ad-Draft Static) type of team supports load balancing
and failover for both outbound and inbound traffic.
SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable)
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