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Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Configuration Guide 9.10(0.0)

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Network Interface Controller (NIC) Teaming

NIC teaming is a feature that allows multiple network interface cards in a server to be represented by one MAC address and one IP address in order to provide transparent redundancy, balancing, and to fully utilize network adapter resources.

Support for NIC teaming is auto-configured on the Aggregator, including support for:

The below fig shows a topology where two NICs have been teamed together. In this case, if the primary NIC fails, traffic switches to the secondary NIC, because they are represented by the same set of addresses.

Figure 1. Redundant NOCs with NIC Teaming Redundant NOCs with NIC Teaming

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