User`s guide
D-26 Installing Windows Server 2008
Setup Teaming
IMPORTANT:
Teaming is not supported with Windows Server Core.
AFT/ALB setting must be done after System Update completed.
Intel Pro/1000 GT and Intel Pro/1000 PT 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 [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 the member adapter over than two.
6. Select a team type ([Adapter Fault Tolerance]/[Adaptive Load Balancing]).
Click [Next].
7. Click [Finish].
8. Click [TEAM: "Team name"] from [Device manager] → [Network adapters] to modify the team. Click [Settings] tab
and click [Modify Team] button.
9. Refer to the following procedure to set the team member adapter priority status.
– Set Primary
Point the adapter and click [Set Primary] button.
– Set Secondary
Point the adapter and click [Set Secondary] button.
NOTE: Adapter priority config can be confirmed by the following procedure:
1. Click [TEAM: "Team name"] from [Device manager]→[Network adapters].
2. Click [Settings] and confirm Adapters in team list.
10. Click [Test Switch] → [Run test] to confirm the adapter team is properly setup.
Confirm the result in [Test results].
Even if the system is normal, the following mismatch message will appear sometimes. Recheck the switching hub
(L2) port and if there is no problem with the setting, ignore the messages.
– The switch is configured with aggregatedd ports, but theteam type does not support port aggregation. The switch
is configured with VLAN tagging, but the team has no VLANs.
– Change the team type to SLA, reconfigure the switch for link aggregation, or disable VLAN tagging on the
switch.
11. Reboot the system.