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Chapter 4: Software support

4.3.14 Marvell Gigabit LAN Teaming support

This motherboard features quad Marvell 88E8056 LAN Gigabit LAN controllers and

supports Teaming function, which allows 4 single connections to be grouped as one

single connection, providing benefits such as bandwidth increase, load balancing,

and fault tolerance.

The speed of transmission is subject to the actual network environment or

status even with Teaming enabled.

To enable LAN Teaming functionality

1. Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The

Drivers installation tab

appears if your computer has an enabled Autorun feature.

2. Click the

Utilities tab, and then click Marvell Yukon NCU Application.

3. Follow the screen instructions to complete installation.
4. Restart the computer.
5. For Windows XP, right-click the

My Computer icon on the Windows desktop,

and then select

Properties from the menu. Click the Hardware tab, and then

click the

Device Manager button.

For Windows Vista, right-click the

My Computer icon on the Windows

desktop, and then select

Properties from the menu. Click Device Manager

from the left

Tasks list.

6. In the Device Manager window, click the “+” sign before the

Network

adapters item, right-click one of the Generic Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E

Gigabit Ethernet Controller item, and then click Properties.

7. In the

Generic Marvell Yukon

88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet

Controller window, click the Team

tab, and then click

Add adapter to

a new team.