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Thanks for the help on this
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I have two stacked Cisco 2960S switches and need to implement Nic Teaming. &nbsp;<br />
Nic Intel I350 T4 (4 port)<br />
Server Dell r720<br />
Teamed through Server 2012 R2 Teaming interface.<br />
Teaming Mode - Switch Independent<br />
Load Balancing Mode Dynamic<br />
Standy adapter None<br />
This will be a Host machine for Hyper-v VMs<br />
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I would like to have 2 ports go to each switch for some fault tolerance but best performance possible.<br />
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Are there any special configurations I need to add the the Cisco? Right now the ports are configure as Spanning-Tree and Port Fast<br />
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Thank you
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I have two stacked Cisco 2960S switches and need to implement Nic Teaming.  
Nic Intel I350 T4 (4 port)
Server Dell r720
Teamed through Server 2012 R2 Teaming interface.
Teaming Mode - Switch Independent
Load Balancing Mode Dynamic
Standy adapter None
This will be a Host machine for Hyper-v VMs

I would like to have 2 ports go to each switch for some fault tolerance but best performance possible.

Are there any special configurations I need to add the the Cisco? Right now the ports are configure as Spanning-Tree and Port Fast

Thank you

Is there and special switch port configuration when using teamed nics?

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