Dell T310 network cards

Ish · 28 Oct 2017 at 16:09

Hi

I have a Dell T310 which has two network cards built in to it.

I want to set it up so that I can have both network cards plugged in the switch so that even if one card fails it still works but I need it so that regardless of which network card is used the IP remains the same.

I've probably not explained that very well but I hope it makes sense!

Buffalo2102 · 28 Oct 2017 at 18:53

It can be done but how you do it will depend on what OS you are running...

Ish · 28 Oct 2017 at 22:07

The OS is Win 10.

Quartz · 28 Oct 2017 at 22:12

I think that what you seek is called Teaming.

memyselfandi · 28 Oct 2017 at 22:21

Teaming or Bonding in active-backup mode ... don't know how to do it on Win10 though as I normally do it on Linux

Avalon · 29 Oct 2017 at 08:47

Download the correct intel driver and management suite, and Bob should be your mother’s brother.

Ish · 30 Oct 2017 at 00:29

Thanks for all the help. That looks like what I need.

edscdk · 30 Oct 2017 at 00:50

25 years in IT never seen a network card fail.

Seen servers / networks taken out by card teaming..

Team for performance, team for resilience (cards to different switches)

Don't not team to protect against a card failure...

bremen1874 · 30 Oct 2017 at 01:23

It does look like someone trying to find a use for dual NICs where there's no real need.

Does the OP even have a managed switch that would handle this?

swain90 · 14 Nov 2017 at 16:35

edscdk said:
25 years in IT never seen a network card fail.

Seen servers / networks taken out by card teaming..

Team for performance, team for resilience (cards to different switches)

Don't not team to protect against a card failure...

You clearly have never worked with any ST1000SPEX2

seen plenty of these crappy things fail

neil_g · 15 Nov 2017 at 17:26

edscdk said:
25 years in IT never seen a network card fail.

You've been lucky.

Bluecube · 15 Nov 2017 at 19:30

bremen1874 said:
It does look like someone trying to find a use for dual NICs where there's no real need.

Does the OP even have a managed switch that would handle this?

Could be just for fun. Nothing wrong with that nor learning how to do it.

Ish · 20 Nov 2017 at 14:48

It was just learning as I noticed 2 nics on our server and was just wondering how they would both be used together

overcooled-xp · 27 Dec 2017 at 22:42

Nic teaming can be done on windows 10 but you have to run a powershell command as it doesn't support it out of the box like server editions of windows do from 2012 onwards. 2K8 R2 does support it but you have to do it through the nic driver settings.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000021723/network-and-i-o.html

bledd · 29 Dec 2017 at 18:26

Newer Intel driver can do it (teaming) in win10 if you have the latest updates.

Switch need to support it too, usually called lacp or teaming or link aggregation.