Installation Guide

5. Setting Up Windows Server 2008
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Chapter 1 Installing Windows
Important
• The adapters specified as a group of Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)
can be connected to only Switching Hub.
• When exchange the mother board or option network card, make sure
to remove the adapter team before exchanges and recreate the
adapter team after exchange complete.
• Confirm the port setting of switching hub (L2) matches the server
network adapter Teaming mode.
• All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming must exist
on the same LAN. If they are connected to the separate switches, they
will not work normally.
(2) Setting up team
Important
Possible combinations of network adapters that compose the team are as
follows.
When the number of adapters that composes the team is up to four:
- Between N8104-145 adapters.
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.
6. Select a team mode, and then 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.
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.
11. Confirm the result in [Test results].
12. Restart the system.
(3) Procedure for deleting team
1. Open the Device Manager.
2. Click Network adapters, and open [TEAM: "Team name"] properties.
3. Click Setting tab.
4. Click Remove Team button.
5. Click Yes to the message.