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Intel NIC TEAMING and Cisco 3550 Switch Configuration

I am trying to Team my Intel 4 port NIC card so I can get better bandwidth to my server. When I go to the properties on my NIC only one NIC is Active, the other 3 say standby. I want all 4 NICs to be active so they can work together. I am using LACP (802.3AD) My Cisco Configuration is as follows:

interface Port-channel3
description SQL-TEAMED-NICS
switchport access vlan 40
switchport mode access
speed 100
duplex full
spanning-tree portfast

interface FastEthernet0/29
description NIC1
switchport access vlan 40
switchport mode access
speed 100
duplex full
channel-group 3 mode passive
!
interface FastEthernet0/30
description NIC2
switchport access vlan 40
switchport mode access
speed 100
duplex full
channel-group 3 mode passive
!
interface FastEthernet0/31
description NIC3
switchport access vlan 40
switchport mode access
speed 100
duplex full
channel-group 3 mode passive
!
interface FastEthernet0/32
description NIC4
switchport access vlan 40
switchport mode access
speed 100
duplex full
channel-group 3 mode passive

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Aaron Tomosky

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denver218

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I do have the teaming software for my intel NICs, but every doc I am reading says I have to configure an etherchannel on the cisco switch. I can't get it to work either way.

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denver218

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I did try changing the channel-group to active, and got the same results. The address of the team is 10.4.0.130. Once I team the NICs I cannot pint this address anymore.

If I remove "channel-group 3 mode active" from the ports, I can again ping the address.

Aaron Tomosky

I don't know cisco gear but with managed and smart netgear switches I've never had to change switch settings when teaming nics on a server. And I've wath the traffic flow correctly.

denver218

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O,k on the switch ports I removed "channel-group 3 mode passive" and added "channel-group 3 mode auto" and it seems to be working.

denver218

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Thank you all for your comments. I ended up removing "channel-group 3 mode passive" and adding "channel-group 3 mode auto" to the ports and it is now working. I guess I just had to play the all the settings until I found one that worked.