Sent: 10/14/2005
From: "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Hi Ray,
We have not tested - nor do we support the use of teamed NICs.
Informally I have heard customer reports that ranged all the way from
working perfectly to host blue screens.
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Cheers,
Benjamin Armstrong
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Ray wrote:
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> I'm moving VS to a new server and it only has a few slots. I have an HP
> NC150T quad card that can set up as a teamed NIC with the primary card. Has
> anyone used teamed NICs with VS successfully in lieu of multiple separate
> NICs?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
>
>
Sent: 10/16/2005
From: "Ray" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Thanks, Benjamin. I guess that's a "maybe" :-)
Ray
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> Hi Ray,
>
> We have not tested - nor do we support the use of teamed NICs.
> Informally I have heard customer reports that ranged all the way from
> working perfectly to host blue screens.
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ===============================
> Virtual machine Program Manager
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
> Ray wrote:
> > I'm moving VS to a new server and it only has a few slots. I have an HP
> > NC150T quad card that can set up as a teamed NIC with the primary card.
> > anyone used teamed NICs with VS successfully in lieu of multiple
> > NICs?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ray
> >
> >
Sent: 10/18/2005
From: "Ray" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:I just did the software update. If it blows up or anything, I'll post back
here for posterity.
Ben, the quad teamed NIC card is about $150 and a true quad NIC is well over
$500. It looked like a good way to reduce the NIC loading without having to
spend the major bucks.
Ray
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> We tested this, and 802.1Q VLANs over teamed NICs on Intel and HP's NICs -
> everything fine.
> Just update to lastest NIC software.
>
> "Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Hi Ray,
> >
> > We have not tested - nor do we support the use of teamed NICs.
> > I have heard customer reports that ranged all the way from working
> > perfectly to host blue screens.
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Benjamin Armstrong
> > ===============================
> > Virtual machine Program Manager
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> > You assume all risk for your use.
> >
> > Ray wrote:
> >> I'm moving VS to a new server and it only has a few slots. I have an HP
> >> NC150T quad card that can set up as a teamed NIC with the primary
> >> Has
> >> anyone used teamed NICs with VS successfully in lieu of multiple
> >> NICs?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Ray
> >>
>
Sent: 10/18/2005
From: "Dmitry Mashkov" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:We tested this, and 802.1Q VLANs over teamed NICs on Intel and HP's NICs -
everything fine.
Just update to lastest NIC software.
"Ben Armstrong [MSFT]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> Hi Ray,
>
> We have not tested - nor do we support the use of teamed NICs. Informally
> I have heard customer reports that ranged all the way from working
> perfectly to host blue screens.
> --
> Cheers,
> Benjamin Armstrong
> ===============================
> Virtual machine Program Manager
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
>
> Ray wrote:
>> I'm moving VS to a new server and it only has a few slots. I have an HP
>> NC150T quad card that can set up as a teamed NIC with the primary card.
>> Has
>> anyone used teamed NICs with VS successfully in lieu of multiple separate
>> NICs?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ray
>>
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