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Configuring NIC Teaming (IP Failover)
You can include several network interface cards into one with NIC Teaming (the
so-called IP Failover). This should increase network connection stability since the
idea of IP Failover is to have an array of network interface cards with the same IP
address, and when one card fails, others continue working.
Note: There is no sense to include only one card into IP Failover. Configuration
tabs for the corresponding network interface cards that are included into IP
Failover are marked red.
To set up IP Failover:
1. From the ApplianceView menu, click Networking.
2. Click the NICs tab.
3. Select the tab of the NIC you want to include.
4. Check the Include in IP Failover checkbox. The tabs of the cards selected
are marked red.
5. If you want to configure additional NICs, repeat steps 3 - 4.
6. At the NIC teaming tab, please click the Specify an IP address radio button,
then enter the IP address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway. Alternatively,
you can click the Obtain an IP address from DHCP server radio button in
order to configure failover parameters automatically from DHCP server.
Your network administrator can provide this information.
If you want to make IP Failover your default gateway interface, please click an appropriate
checkbox at the bottom of the screen.
In addition, the Load balancing for IP Failover is supported. Check the appropriate
checkbox to enable it.
7. After you are finished configuring NICs, click Accept.
8. Click OK.
The appliance begins rebooting. After the appliance reboots it uses the parameters
you have just set up to access the network.