Configuring teaming windows

Click on Additional properties. Select values for Teaming mode, Load balancing mode, and Standby adapter. We can verify the member network adapters of the NIC Team and can also check which network adapter is active or not.

Open Run menu by pressing Windows Key and R from the keyboard. Type ncpa. In this console, we can see all the networks Adapters and the NIC team which we have created. Select the option of Use the following IP address and type an IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS server address as per your network setup.

Now click on details as well. In this scenario, we have used Team01 as a team name. Select the Network adapters to be added in a NIC team from the listed available network adapters. We will use Ethernet1 and Ethernet2 as a member of Team Click on ok to continue.

We can verify the member network adapters of the NIC Team and can also check that which network adapter is active or not. This mode will also always limit a single VM i. Dynamic mode also rebalances loads in real time so that a given outbound flow may move back and forth between team members. Inbound loads, on the other hand, get distributed the same way as Hyper-V Port. In a nutshell, Dynamic mode utilizes the best aspects of both Address Hash and Hyper-V Port and is the highest performing load balancing mode.

The outbound loads in this mode are dynamically balanced based on the concept of flowlets. Just as human speech has natural breaks at the ends of words and sentences, TCP flows TCP communication streams also have naturally occurring breaks. The portion of a TCP flow between two such breaks is referred to as a flowlet.

When the dynamic mode algorithm detects that a flowlet boundary has been encountered - such as when a break of sufficient length has occurred in the TCP flow - the algorithm automatically rebalances the flow to another team member if appropriate. In some circumstances the algorithm might also periodically rebalance flows that do not contain any flowlets. Because of this, the affinity between TCP flow and team member can change at any time as the dynamic balancing algorithm works to balance the workload of the team members.

Whether the team is configured with Switch Independent or one of the Switch Dependent modes, it is recommended that you use Dynamic distribution mode for best performance. When you configure a NIC as a Standby adapter, all other unselected team members are Active, and no network traffic is sent to or processed by the adapter until an Active NIC fails.

When all team members get restored to service, the standby team member returns to standby status. Gigabit Ethernet Controllers up to 2. Multi-host Controllers up toGbE. Discontinued Products. Legacy Ethernet Products. Show all Show less. Need more help? Give Feedback. Did you find this information useful?