Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 764)

OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager User Manual P009415-01A Rev. A
3. Using the OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager
Creating, Configuring, and Removing Teams
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MAC Address – The NIC MAC address currently assigned to the selected
adapter port
Creating, Configuring, and Removing Teams
A team of adapters functions as a single virtual network interface and appears the same
as non-teamed adapters to other network devices. A protocol address such as an IP
address is usually assigned to the physical adapter. However, when the OneCommand
NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager is installed, the protocol address is assigned to the
native VLAN adapter and not to the physical adapters that make up the team.
Note: The following notes apply to creating and configuring teams with the CLI and
with the OneCommand NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager:
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When teams are created, the proper bindings for the team and its adapters are
set up in the Network Connections CPA. The adapters are bound to the Emulex
driver, and the team's Native VLAN is bound to IPv4/IPv6. Changing the
bindings of teams, teamed adapters, or their VLANs can result in
non-functional teams and hung applications.
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If you use static IP addresses when creating a team (non-DHCP), you must
assign IP addresses to the VLANs of the team that you create. Adapters that
have been disabled in either Network Connections or Device Manager cannot
be managed by the NIC Teaming Manager and may not be visible to the
Manager. Make sure that any affected adapters, teams and VLANs are enabled
before making any NIC Teaming configuration changes.
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Do not change a team member's advanced properties (in network, adapter’s
properties). You must delete the team, change the desired values and recreate
the team.
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The NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager supports multi-vendor teams. Each
team in a multi-vendor environment must include at least one Emulex adapter
and this Emulex adapter has to be the primary adapter of the team.
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Emulex has tested the NIC Teaming and VLAN Manager with Intel (x520) and
Broadcom (Netextreme II) adapters.
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NICs shown as members of the same port by OneCommand Manager should
not be included on the same team.
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LACP and 802.3ad teams do not support TCP offload. Disable these setting
before creating teams.
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On the OCe10102 UCNA, receive-side scaling (RSS) works only on incoming
packets that match the MAC address programmed into the NIC port. This
limitation applies to secondary members of the Failover, LACP, and 802.3ad
team types.
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When creating or modifying teams and VLANs, changes to adapter names may
not completely propagate through the system until the system has been
restarted. Before the system is restarted, the teams and VLANs will function
properly, however some operating system facilities may continue to use the
adapter names before the change was made.