Virtual Connect and Network teaming "Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (TLB)"

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A question from Mohammed:

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Dear Experts

                We have query from customer related to the Virtual Connect and HP teaming Transmit Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (TLB) … is it supported or not ..

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From Gallig:

Yes, TLB is supported with Virtual Connect.

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From Phoebe:

Yes, it is supported via below white paper.

[HP Virtual Connect for the Cisco Network Administrator “A technical discussion of the HP Virtual Connect 3.3x features and use with a Cisco Catalyst network infrastructure” Technical white paper]

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01386629/c01386629.pdf 

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Virtual Connect and NIC Teaming

Virtual Connect supports NIC Teaming (or NIC bonding) on server NIC ports. For Windows on x86, VC supports Network Fault Tolerance (NFT) and Transmit Load Balancing (TLB) but does not support Switch-assisted Load Balancing (SLB). For Windows on Integrity, VC supports Network Fault Tolerance (NFT), Transmit Load Balancing (TLB), and static Dual Channel with only two NIC ports in the team, but does not support Switch-assisted Load Balancing (SLB). For Linux, VC supports any NIC bonding type that does not require 802.3ad (static or dynamic using LACP) on the server NIC ports.

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Are you using TLB? Working fine? Let us know please.