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Broadcom Advanced Control Suite 3 User’s Guide
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Defining Team Types
You can create four types of load balance teams:
 Smart Load Balance and Failover
 Link Aggregation (802.3ad)
 Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad-Draft Static
 SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) – The Auto-Fallback Disable feature is
configured for Smart Load Balance and Failover type teams in the
Teaming Wizard.
Smart Load
Balance and
Failover
In a Smart Load Balance and Failover team, a standby member handles
the traffic if all of the load balance members fail (which is considered a
failover event). All load balance members must fail before the standby
member takes over. When one or more of the load balance members is
restored (fallback), the restored team member, or members, resumes
handling traffic. The LiveLink feature is supported for this type of team.
Link Aggregation
(802.3ad)
In a Link Aggregation (802.3ad) team, you can dynamically configure the
network adapters that have been selected to participate in a given team. If
the link partner is not correctly configured for IEEE 802.3ad link
configuration, errors are detected and noted. All adapters in the team
are configured to receive packets for the same MAC address. The
outbound load balancing scheme is determined by the BASP driver. The
link partner of the team determines the load balancing scheme for inbound
packets. In this mode, at least one of the link partners must be in active
mode.
Generic
Trunking (FEC/
GEC)/802.3ad-
Draft Static
The Generic Trunking (FEC/GEC)/802.3ad Draft Static team is very similar
to the Link Aggregation team, in that all adapters in the team must be
configured to receive packets for the same MAC address. The Generic
Trunking team does not provide Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
or marker protocol support. In addition, this mode supports a variety of
environments where the link partners are statically configured to support a
proprietary trunking mechanism. Trunking supports load balancing and
failover for both outbound and inbound traffic.
SLB (Auto-
Fallback Disable)
The SLB (Auto-Fallback Disable) team is similar to the Smart Load
Balance and Failover team, with the following exception: when the standby
member is active, if a primary member comes back online, the team
continues using the standby member rather than switching back to the
primary member. The SLB team is supported only for situations in which
the network cable is disconnected and reconnected to the network
adapter. It is not supported for situations in which the adapter is removed
or installed through the Device Manager or Hot-Plug PCI. If any primary
adapter assigned to a team is disabled, the team functions as a Smart