User`s guide

Installing the Operating System with Express Setup 5-25
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter and automatically converts
the process of the working adapter to the other adapter in the group when any trouble occurred on that adapter.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a group containing more than one adapter and enhances the
throughput by operating packet transmission from the server by all the adapters.
This feature includes AFT feature.
IMPORTANT:
 All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist on the same LAN. If they
are connected to separate switches, they will not work normally.
 The adapters specified as a group of Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) can be connected only
to the Switching Hub.
 When replacing the mother board or an optional network card, make sure to remove the
adapter teaming before the replacement and recreate the adapter teaming when the
replacement is completed.
Setup Teaming
IMPORTANT:
 Teaming is not supported with Windows Server Core.
 AFT/ALB setting must be done after the System Update is completed.
 Intel Pro/1000 GT and Intel Pro/1000 PT server adapters do not support SFT.
 Please confirm the port setting of switching hub (L2) matches the server network adapter
Teaming mode.
1. Open the [Device Manager].
2. Open [Network adapters] → [Intel(R) xxx] properties.
3. Click the [Teaming] tab and check the [Team this adapter with other adapters] check box.
Click [New Team].
4. Fill the name of the team in [Specify a name for the team] and click [Next].
5. Include the adapter to the team and click [Next].
IMPORTANT: Do not include more than two member adapters.