I'm using INTEL PRO/1000 PCIe Quad Port nics here in a teamed configuration without issue. I don't remember the exact spec, but the switch gets configured to some 802.xx spec and then you create the team via the intel software (Windows 2003 in this case). I configured this two years ago and I don't have it in my documentation but it has been flawless. The intel creates a virtual nic in windows that you configure with the IP and you are good to go. At the time my network guy and I both got familiar with the INTEL Network doc on the nics to get it configured right but its been great since then. In fact, the only issue I can remember is that ths intel software couldn't be configured by RDP for some reason. I had to login to the console to configure it.
-Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Spearman, David Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 6:54 AM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Question on link aggregation We have a cisco network with a 1gb backbone. At this point we are hammering the network when we run backups. We have tried link aggregation on the backbone and the nics on the master/media servers with very poor results. A lot of failed jobs. We have tried this with 5.1, 6.0 and now 6.5 with equally bad results. Has anyone ever made this work with cisco router/switches and w2k3r2 servers. Our servers are using intel nics at the moment but we could switch to broadcom if necessary. I have seen that some folks running sun have made this work. David Spearman County of Henrico, Va. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu