Exchange 2010 and Networking

MartinBen439 · 28 Feb 2012 at 21:04

We have a new Exchange 2010 server - a HP affair.

When it was installed the external IT guy who installed it only used 1 of the Lan ports although it has 4.

Is there any reason why these 4 lan ports cannot not be "teamed" or does it upset Exchange 2010 in some way?

The machine also acts as the primary DC

ashrobbo · 28 Feb 2012 at 21:15

Should have no issue at all. Configure the team with the same ip it currently has.

MartinBen439 · 28 Feb 2012 at 21:25

Thanks for that - I couldn't work out why when the guy did it he didn't team them up.

I'll look at it on a weekend so it doesn't affect many/any users.

#Chri5# · 28 Feb 2012 at 22:27

What network switches do you have?

MartinBen439 · 29 Feb 2012 at 14:01

NetGear Gigabit GS748T

Sp00n · 29 Feb 2012 at 14:07

He probably didn't team them because 1gbit is more than enough, going on the assumption that you're company infrastructure isn't very large considering you are running exchange ad DC on the same box.

droyden · 29 Feb 2012 at 16:40

What do you want to get from teaming them? does each nic go into a different switch?

MartinBen439 · 29 Feb 2012 at 17:18

We employ around 100 people with approx 40 on-site at any one time.

We thought by teaming-up the 4 lan ports it would increase the data throughput.

NiCkNaMe · 29 Feb 2012 at 17:24

droyden said:
What do you want to get from teaming them? does each nic go into a different switch?

Ideally. You either do it for resiliancy or throughput or both. HP sw does transmit (so only data sent) load balancing with fault tolerence by default. You can configure switch based load balancing if your kit supports it to get transmit\receive balancing.

OP is the box a virtual host?

droyden · 29 Feb 2012 at 19:51

Question was to the OP, I know why you do it just wondering his reason for doing it

SoundsGood · 29 Feb 2012 at 20:07

Sp00n said:
He probably didn't team them because 1gbit is more than enough, going on the assumption that you're company infrastructure isn't very large considering you are running exchange ad DC on the same box.

This

NiCkNaMe · 29 Feb 2012 at 20:30

droyden said:
Question was to the OP, I know why you do it just wondering his reason for doing it

doh

My Lumia screen is pretty small, I can hardly make out the usernames

edscdk · 29 Feb 2012 at 20:34

ashrobbo said:
Should have no issue at all. Configure the team with the same ip it currently has.

I would say don't bother teaming unless you have a large setup or performance issues.

It will just cause issues, don't do it unless you need it, who cares if an email takes 3seconds to get from one user to another or 6 seconds