HP Team and 'drop' function

[Simon Blears]

Hi all,

I have a DL380 server running Windows 2000 server. The 2 onboard NIC's are setup as a team, but there is only one switch port available. As a result, the team is 'broken' in Systems Insight Manager. I want to clear this error, as it's unresolvable. Is there a way to remove the 2nd NIC from the team without breaking the team and then diabling the NIC? What does the 'drop' option do?

[Connery · Accepted solution]

No, there isn't any way to accomplish what you are trying to do. All teams must have at least two NICs. If you drop the second NIC in a team, the team will be dissolved.

If you have a Team with one bad NIC, you will continue to see the team marked as "degraded" with a yellow icon.

[Simon Blears]

Old thread, thanks for the response though :-)