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teaming with nmcli: bringing connection down and up again fails

On a centos 7 virtual box, I create a team like this: nmcli connection add type team con-name team0 ifname veteam0 nmcli connection modify team0 team.config roundrobin.conf [root@rhce1 ~]# cat roundrobin.conf { "device": …
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Server 2008 R2 NIC in "Unidentified Network" state after connectivity loss is restored

I am having trouble with 2 servers, both with the same symptoms. When they are reconnected to the switch after losing connectivity, they stay in an "unidentified network" state. Only after cycling the selection of ipv6 in the NIC or rebooting does…
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What are the best practices for NIC teaming in Server 2012 R2? Broadcom or Windows software?

I have a Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V cluster with two Broadcom adapters for my LAN connection. Currently, we have a virtual switch set up with SCVMM, that teams together both NICs using Windows software teaming, and they are set up with Switch…
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Is Etherchannel actually needed on a Cisco switch when configuring NIC teaming on a server?

As per subject: I have some HP servers that support NIC teaming (O.S. is Windows Server 2008 R2), and I have a Cisco switch that supports Etherchannel. Do I need to configure a channel on the switch for teamed NICs of each server in order to take…
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Hyper-V 2016 Server and NIC Teaming

I am setting up a new Hyper-V 2016 server. The physical machine has 6 network ports. I read that it is best practice to have one network port dedicated to remote management of the Hyper-V Host, so that leaves me with 5 ports. I have 2 subnets - a…
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How do I prepare for swapping a NIC using network teaming on a Windows cluster host?

Update: I have now performed the upgrade. I used the half-ninja, half-hack solution of plugging in USB-to-Ethernet adapters that I could add to the teams to hold the fort. I plugged in one per team, removed the other affected adapters in the team,…
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Hyper-v 2012 R2 Nic Teaming with VLAN's

Currently have a 3 node 2012r2 cluster. Everything is working fine without any issues with networking / VLANS / etc... The issue that I am having is needing to define the VLAN at the Guest VM Configuration Level. I can create a Virtual Teamed NIC…
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NIC teaming and EtherChannel

Cisco Catalyst 2960S Switch Intel Dual Port NIC (teamed) BroadComm Quad Port NIC (teamed 2 ports) We hired a contractor to setup a fairly simple SQL cluster and SAN storage. With the above switch and NICs, they have teamed two cards on each server…
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What's the best use of 4 nics for Hyper-V?

I'm running several Dell R710's, each of which is outfitted with 4 x Broadcom BCM5709C nics. Two of these R710's are running Hyper-V and a third is running SQL Server 2008, each running Windows Server 2008 R2. The fourth is running Windows Storage…
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Are there problems teaming the public network adapters on a Windows Server 2008 R2 failover cluster?

We have a two-node Windows Server 2008 R2 fail-over cluster that's hosting about a dozen instances of SQL Server. The nodes each have four network adapters in them (a pair of dual-port Broadcom gigabit cards). The heartbeat network is handled by a…
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NIC team not load balancing

I'm trying to achieve a load-balanced NIC team on a Windows Server 2016 machine. This is a ProLiant using a 4x 1Gb 311FLR interface card which as of yesterday has the latest driver installed (100.20.0.64). The NIC team has been created in Windows…
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Dual internet 2xWAN (RRAS Nat) worked, but teaming does not work

I have setup a server and I have 2 internet connections, I have tried several attempts at getting this to work properly. In the RRAS I have successfully added into NAT 2x WAN NICs and a LAN NIC and I was seeing traffic being Sent & Received from…
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NIC teaming on Windows 7

My understanding is that NIC teaming isn't natively supported on Windows 7 OS?! Is there a way to do it using some third-party tool? What are your experiences?
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NIC Team not achieving full Throughput

I'm trying to achieve 4Gbps throughput between my computer and my Synology Nas. Unfortunately I am only getting 1Gbps speeds between these systems. My setup is below: Synology DS1515+ with 4 NICS bonded: Windows 10 Enterprise system with a 4 port…
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Hyper-V NIC Teaming - Host *AND* VM

All: In a Server 2012 R2 environment, would there be any advantage of teaming vNIC's inside (max team size is 2 I believe?) a WS2012R2 Hyper-V VM when the VM is connected to a vSwitch comprised of a host NIC team of all 4 1Gbps NIC ports on the…
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