User guide

User Guide NetXtreme II
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V Page 323
TEAMED NETWORK ADAPTERS
Table 2 identifies Hyper-V supported features that are configurable for NetXtreme II teamed network adapters. This table is
not an all-inclusive list of Hyper-V features.
Table 2: Configurable Teamed Network Adapter Hyper-V Features
Feature
Supported in Windows Server Version
Comments/Limitation
2008 2008 R2 2012
Smart Load Balancing and
Failover (SLB) team type
Yes Yes Yes Multi-member SLB team allowed with latest
BASP6 version.
Note: VM MAC is not presented to external
switches.
Link Aggregation (IEEE
802.3ad LACP) team type
Yes Yes Yes –
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)
802.3ad Draft Static team type
Yes Yes Yes –
Failover Yes Yes Yes –
LiveLink Yes Yes Yes –
Large Send Offload (LSO) Limited* Yes Yes *Conforms to miniport limitations outlines in
Table 1.
Checksum Offload (CO) Limited* Yes Yes *Conforms to miniport limitations outlines in
Table 1.
TCP Offload Engine (TOE) No No No
Hyper-V VLAN over an
adapter
Yes Yes Yes –
Hyper-V VLAN over a teamed
adapter
Yes Yes Yes –
Hyper-V VLAN over a VLAN Limited* Limited* Limited* Only an untagged VLAN.
Hyper-V virtual switch over an
adapter
Yes Yes Yes –
Hyper-V virtual switch over a
teamed adapter
Yes Yes Yes –
Hyper-V virtual switch over a
VLAN
Yes Yes Yes –
iSCSI boot No No* No* *Remote boot to SAN is supported.
Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) No Yes Yes See Configuring VMQ with SLB Teaming.
RSC No No Yes