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Link aggregation mode has transmit load balancing and fail safety support. If a link connected through a
participant port of a link-aggregated team goes down, LACP provides failover and load balancing across
the remaining members of the team. In addition, if a new member port is added to the team or is removed
from the team, the switch performs load rebalancing for the receive operation and the driver performs load
balancing for the transmit operation, to accommodate the change in configuration.
Transmit load distribution in LACP provides the following options:
• None indicates no traffic distribution. Only a single “active” adapter is used for transmit. The driver
selects the active adapter based on LACP state information.
• Auto Select indicates that the load is distributed based on the target IP address and port number. This
option ensures a one-to-one correspondence between a traffic flow and a team adapter.
• MAC address based indicates that the load is distributed based on the target MAC address.
Using the CLI for Teaming
You can view, create, configure, and delete teams using the QConvergeConsole CLI utility.
To view a list of teams, issue the following command:
qaucli -nic –teamlist
To view team information, issue the following command:
qaucli -nic -teaminfo
To preview available ports before configuring a new team, issue the following command:
qaucli -nic -teamnew_portspreview
To configure a new team, issue the following command:
qaucli -nic -teamnew <team_type>
where port_insts are the ports indices separated by commas (for example, 1,2) and team_type is
either 1=Fail Over or 2=Load Balanced.
To delete a team, issue the following command:
qaucli -nic -teamdel
Using the Team Management GUI
Use the Team Management property page to manage the following teaming-related activities:
• Viewing network topology
• Creating, modifying, and deleting teams
• Viewing and changing team properties
• Adding and deleting virtual adapters
To open the Team Management property page:
1. In Windows, access the Computer Management dialog box, and then click Device Manager in the left
pane.
2. Under Network adapters, right-click the QLogic 10Gigabit Ethernet adapter, and then select
Properties.