I guess that's what I'm trying to clear up. Our network guys are telling me that we can do it on our switches as long as our Nic cards support multi-link trunking whatever the hell that is. I can't even tell you what types of switches/routers we use. I guess I was looking for a document that would explain the ins and outs of teaming/load balancing from both the switch side and the server side. Andrew Deters Project Manager, Information Systems Appalachian Regional Healthcare (859) 226-2689 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adam.Baum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 11:15 AM To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Re: Compaq Network Card Teaming Let us not forget the teaming only works with certain switches/routers. Not all brands (such as Cabletron/Enterasys) provide full teaming fucntionality. "Steven Sporen" <steven.sporen@exo To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> rdia.co.za> cc: Sent by: Subject: [THIN] Re: Compaq Network Card Teaming thin-bounce@freeli sts.org 09/08/2003 07:47 AM Please respond to thin Hi Andrew, Teaming is virtual joining of two or more network cards (usually of the same type) to form a virtual redundant NIC which provides in theory the throughput of all the NIC's combined. Depending on what your goal is - you might want to consider NLBS (Network Load Balancing Service) which is shipped with Windows Advanced Server. It allows you to create a virtual IP address across many servers - usually used for IIS environments. Hope this helps. Regards Steven -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Deters [mailto:adeters@xxxxxxx] Sent: 08 September 2003 03:07 To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [THIN] Compaq Network Card Teaming Does anybody have a link to a detailed explanation of what you need to implement this? We have several models of Compaq server DL580, Proliant 5500,Proliant 2500,DL380,DL580,ML570 etc. etc. etc?. I would like to test teaming on our ML570 with NC31XX cards installed. I need a document that describes network teaming, anybody know where I can find it. I have searched www.compaq.com or is it www.hp.com, I guess it depends on which document you want to look at. Anyway, any info would be helpful. I am just doing a little research before the network guys get involved. Thanks Andrew ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor: ThinPrint http://www.thinprint.com ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ******************************************************** This Week's Sponsor: ThinPrint http://www.thinprint.com ********************************************************** Useful Thin Client Computing Links are available at: http://thethin.net/links.cfm For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm