About Adaptive Load Balancing; About Fault Tolerance; Server Card Features - D-Link DFE-570TX User Manual

data speed (10Mbps or 100Mbps) and data transfer
(half-duplex or full-duplex communication). The physical
process of auto-negotiation requires only a few milliseconds
to choose the fastest communications capability between
the two devices.

About Adaptive Load Balancing

Adaptive Load Balancing balances server traffic among as
many as four like adapters, providing redundant links and
easy scalability in 100Mbps increments, up to 800Mbps.
Traffic is automatically
adapters or among multiple ports in a four-port adapter –
without the time and expense of segmenting the network.

About Fault Tolerance

Adapter Fault Tolerance safeguards vital network links
with transparent backup connections using multiple link
adapters. If a link fails, traffic is automatically transferred
to the remaining adapters or to the remaining port on a
dual-port adapter. User applications and the server stay up
and running.

Server Card Features

Designed for versatility and performance, the Server
Adapter provides the following features:
Load Balances incoming and outgoing traffic for
greatest performance.
distributed among multiple
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