Adapter Fault Tolerance (Aft)/Adaptive Load Balancing (Alb) - NEC Express5800 120Rj-2 User Manual

User Guide
2. Click [Network adapters] and Double-Click [(Network Adapter Name)].
[(Network Adapter Name) Properties] is displayed.
adapter. All other names show the Optional Network Board.
3. Click the [Driver] tab and click [Update Driver...].
[Hardware Update Wizard] is displayed.
4. Select the [Install from a list or specific location(Advanced)] radio button and
click [Next].
5. Select the [Search for the best driver in these locations] radio button and check
off the [Search removable media (floppy, CD-ROM...)] check box.
6. Check the [Include this location in the search] check box and specifiy the
correct path. See
7. Click [Next].
8. Click [Finish].

Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT)/Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB)

Adapter Fault Tolerance (AFT) is a feature that creates a group containing more than
one adapter and converts the process of the working adapter to the other adapter in the
group when any trouble occurred on that adapter.
Adaptive Load Balancing (ALB) is a feature that creates a group containing more than
one adapter and enhance the through put by operating packet transmission from the
server by all the adapters.
This feature includes AFT feature.
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AFT/ALB setup must be operated after installing the drivers
and restarting the system.
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All the adapters specified as a group of Adapter Teaming
must exist on the same LAN. If they are connected to the
separate switches, they will not work normally.
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The adapters specified as a group of Adaptive Load Balanc-
ing (ALB) can be connected to only Switching Hub.
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When exchanging the motherboard or the optional network
card, make sure to remove the adapter team before the
exchange and recreate the adapter team once the exchange
is completed.
Note: [(Intel(R) PRO/1000...)] is the name of On-Board
"Optional Network Board Driver" on page 354
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