LACP (802.3ad) on windows 2003... its possible?
Hi, Its well knowed than some OS's are LACP (802.3ad) ebaled such as
Solaris, etc.. but after googling i didnt find any information about
windows 2003.Is it possible to configure multiple NIC's to be one
single virtual NIC for LACP purposes?, and what kind of modes are
available for windows 2003 (round-robin, 802.3ad, failover, etc)?NOTE: If you think this is the wrong forum for post this please advice me...Thanks in advance..Aldo
November 10th, 2006 2:25am
Hi Aldo,ForNIC teaming or link aggregation support, you'll need to contact your network adaptor vendor or OEM (e.g. Dell offers a teaming driver). They will need to provide you a driver that enables NIC teaming, since Windows does not offer this functionality in the core OS.
If you're looking for network load-balancing and failover, consider the built-in NLB support in Windows Server: http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/c1db8c13-da31-4541-81d8-e2b3ebe742fb1033.mspx?mfr=true
- Ian
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November 11th, 2006 1:02am
Thanks for the input... i just configured and i have new issues... could you please take a look into my new post? i really will be appreciate ithttp://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=957133&SiteID=17&mode=1thanks in advance!Aldo
November 25th, 2006 1:14am