Hi Everyone,
got the usual question about the possibility to configure NIC teaming with Windows 2008 R2 SP1,
I have read a couple of blogs that inform me it should be possible if I choose Switch-assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (SLB), however this option is not available to me in the HP Network configuration utility on the blade server.
So I am just wondering how can I configure my virtual connect settings to obtain the option I require? Perhaps it is not possible due to the type of cards/server/network config/Chassis/etc. I believe it is purely a Windows 2008 R2 software issue as in the Chassis we have a ESXi Server, a couple of Centos Linux servers and a Windows 2012 server and they can all sucessfully transmit & receive packets with nic teaming configured.
Here are my choices. - I can't even set it to automatic
Here are the details of my config.
Chassis c7000 FW: 4.11 Jan 16 2014
2 X HP VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-Port Module FW: 4.11
Server : BL460c Gen8 FW: I31 11/14/2013 (& also tested on a BL680c G7 FW: I25 07/01/2013)
iLO4 1.32 Nov 05 2013
NIC: 2 X HP FlexFabric 10Gb 2-port 554FLB Adapter, Driver:
HP Emulex 10GbE Driver for Windows Server 2008 R2 (American, International) v.10.0.430.1109, 18 Feb 2014, 0C11102 cntr FW: 4.9.416.0
HP Network Configuration Utility for Windows 2008 R2 v.10.90.0.0 26 Apr 2014
the two VC bays have port X5 configured as an uplink connected to the cisco switch
BAY 1 => Uplink_A => Eth101/1/8
BAY 2 => Uplink_B => Eth102/1/8
I have configured a separate Ethernet network for each uplink
Eth_A => Uplink_A
Eth_B => Uplink_B
and then in server profile I have assigned a separate network to each card.
LOM 1:1-a => Eth_A
LOM 1:2-a => Eth_B
Cisco interface config:
interface Ethernet102/1/8
description ***CHASSIS***
switchport mode trunk s
witchport trunk allowed vlan 100-140
spanning-tree bpdufilter enable
channel-group 3
As you can see the port channel has not been set to LACP, so I cannot choose 802.3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance from the HP Utility. (even though is does not appear as a option anyway)
If anyone can tell me what is missing or why the other Team Type selections are not available to me in Windows 2008 R2 for this chassis/server, I would be most grateful
Thanks
Hi Again,
Perhaps there is a bigger issue at large as I noticed on both my test servers in the chassis, the servers are not able to obtain the NIC slot positions in the HPNUC.
BL460c Gen8
BL680c G7
