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LACP (802.3ad) on windows 2003... its possible? RRS feed

  • Question

  • 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
    Thursday, November 9, 2006 11:25 PM

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  • Hi Aldo, For NIC 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

    Friday, November 10, 2006 10:02 PM
  • 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 it
    http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=957133&SiteID=17&mode=1

    thanks in advance!

    Aldo
    Friday, November 24, 2006 10:14 PM