Users Guide

11–Marvell Teaming Services
Executive Summary
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Router
A router is designed to route network traffic based on Layer 3 or higher protocols,
although it often also works as a Layer 2 device with switching capabilities. The
teaming of ports connected directly to a router is not supported.
Teaming Support by Processor
All team types are supported by the IA-32 and EM64T processors.
Configuring Teaming
The QConvergeConsole (QCC) GUI and QLogic Control Suite (QCS) CLI utility
are used to configure teaming in the supported operating system environments.
These utilities run on 32-bit and 64-bit Windows family of operating systems. Use
these utilities to configure VLANs and load balancing and fault tolerance teaming.
In addition, they display the MAC address, driver version, and status information
for each network adapter. These utilities also include several diagnostics tools
such as hardware diagnostics, cable testing, and a network topology test.
Supported Features by Team Type
Table 11-4 provides a feature comparison across the team types supported by
Dell. Use this table to determine the best type of team for your application. The
teaming software supports up to eight ports in a single team and up to 16 teams in
a single system. These teams can be any combination of the supported teaming
types, but each team must be on a separate network or subnet.
Table 11-4. Comparison of Team Types
Type of Team
Fault
Tolerance
Load
Balancing
Switch-Dependent
Static Trunking
Switch-Independent
Dynamic Link
Aggregation
(IEEE 802.3ad)
Function
SLB with
Standby
a
SLB Generic Trunking Link Aggregation
Quantity of ports per
team (same broad-
cast domain)
2–16 2–16 2–16 2–16
Quantity of teams 16 16 16 16
Adapter fault toler-
ance
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Switch link fault toler-
ance (same broad-
cast domain)
Yes Yes Switch-dependent Switch-dependent