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 <http://www.compaq.com/> or is it www.hp.com <http://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