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Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/ Adaptive Load
Balancing (ALB)
Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) provides network adapter redundancy by creating a
team of adapters. If any adapter fails, another in the team automatically takes over.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) improves the overall network throughput by equally
balancing data traffic among a team of adapters.
You can configure AFT and ALB using the standard and optional network adapters.
Caution
■ Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) and Adaptive Load Balancing
(ALB) are not available when Server Core is in use.
■ Be sure to configure AFT and ALB after you boot the system
following the driver installation.
Creating a Team
1. Open Control Panel. Under System and Maintenance, click Open Device
Manager
to start Device Manager.
2. Open Network adapters, and double-click Intel(R)~.
3. Select the Teaming tab, select Team adapter with other adapters, and click New
Team…
.
4. Type a team name, and click Next.
5. Confirm the adapters to include in the team, and click Next.
6. Select
Adapter Fault Tolerance or Adaptive Load Balancing as a team mode, and
click
Next.
7. Click Finish.
8. In
Device Manager, double-click a teamed adapter to see its property. Select the
Settings tab, and click Modify Team….
9. To set an adapter to primary, select the adapter, and click Set Primary.
To set an adapter to secondary, select the adapter, and click Set Secondary.
After both the primary and the secondary adapters are selected, click OK to
close the screen.
To confirm the team settings:
Open the team property, and select the Settings tab. The setting for each
adapter is shown in Adapters in team.
10. In the Settings tab, click Test Switch.... When the switch test screen appears,
click Run Test.
When No problems ∼ appears, the test is complete.
Restart the system.