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Select or change the Transmit Balancing Method for the team. If the team type is Network Fault Tolerance
Only with Preference Order or Network Fault Tolerance Only (NFT), the Transmit Balancing Algorithm list
disabled and Automatic is selected.
o Automatic. (Recommended) Default setting. Teaming driver selects the load balancing mechanism
based on the packet type.
o TCP Connection. Load balances transmit TCP packets using the TCP connection.
o Destination IP Address. Load balances transmit IP packets using the last four bits of the
destination IP Address.
o Destination MAC Address. Load balances transmit IP packets using the last four bits of the
destination MAC Address.
o Round Robin (Packet order not guaranteed). Load balances transmit IP packets among all team
members. A packet is sent on one team member, the next packet is sent out on the next team
member, and so on. When the last team member is utilized, the rotation begins again.
UnixWare 7.x and OpenServer 6.x teaming notes
UnixWare 7.x and OpenServer 6.x operating systems support Network Fault Tolerance (NFT) but not
Transmit Load Balancing (TLB) or Switch-Assisted Load Balancing (SLB).
Multifunction gigabit server adapter teaming
If a TOE- or iSCSI-enabled adapter is included as one of the following team types, the team type is
changed to TransmitLoadBalancing.
• Automatic
• 802.3ad Dynamic Dual Channel Load Balancing (INP)
• Switch-assisted Dual Channel Load Balancing (INP)
• 802.2ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance
• Switch-assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (SLB)
The following are limitations for a TOE-enabled team:
• TOE teaming performance is reduced if a switch or network device is configured with the round
robin aggregation load balancing method. Configure the aggregation load balancing method on
the switch or network device to something else other than round robin and then re-start the team
(disable the team and enable the team for all VLANs).
• The 802.3ad Dynamic Dual Channel Load Balancing (INP) and Switch-assisted Dual Channel Load
Balancing (INP) team types are not supported for TOE-enabled adapters. Select a TOE-supported
team type and apply the change, if necessary, before enabling TOE. It is necessary to apply the new
team type, if you are unable to enable TOE.
When creating a team with all TOE-capable adapters:
• If at least one adapter is TOE enabled, the team is created with TOE enabled and all adapters on
the team are set to TOE enabled.
• If none of the adapters are TOE enabled, the team is created with TOE disabled.
• If TOE is disabled on a team of TOE-capable adapters, enabling TOE for the team changes all of the
adapters to TOE enabled.
When creating a team with TOE-capable and non-TOE capable adapters: