Users Guide

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NetXtreme User Guide
Configuring LiveLink for a Smart Load Balancing and Failover and SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable)
Team...................................................................................................................................... 89
Saving and Restoring a Configuration .......................................................................................... 90
Viewing BASP Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 91
Configuring With the Command Line Interface Utility............................................................................ 92
Managing VLANs........................................................................................................................................ 93
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 93
Adding VLANs to Teams....................................................................................................................... 94
Troubleshooting BACS.............................................................................................................................. 95
Section 7: Teaming ...........................................................................................................96
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 97
Load Balancing and Fault Tolerance........................................................................................................ 97
Types of Teams ............................................................................................................................. 97
Smart Load Balancing™ and Failover .................................................................................................. 98
Link Aggregation (802.3ad)................................................................................................................... 98
Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static .............................................................................. 98
SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) ................................................................................................................. 99
Limitations of Smart Load Balancing and Failover/SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) Types of Teams....... 99
LiveLink™ Functionality ...................................................................................................................... 100
Teaming and Large Send Offload/Checksum Offload Support........................................................... 100
Section 8: Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet Teaming Services .......................................... 101
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 102
Teaming Glossary............................................................................................................................... 102
Teaming Concepts.............................................................................................................................. 103
Network Addressing..................................................................................................................... 103
Teaming and Network Addresses................................................................................................ 104
Description of Teaming Types ..................................................................................................... 104
Software Components ........................................................................................................................ 108
Hardware Requirements ..................................................................................................................... 109
Ethernet Switch............................................................................................................................ 109
Router .......................................................................................................................................... 109
Supported Features by Team Type .................................................................................................... 109
Selecting a Team Type ....................................................................................................................... 111
Teaming Mechanisms.............................................................................................................................. 112