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Yes depending on what you are using to team you can set the functionality for load balancing etc with no need to manage the switch.
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Yes depending on what you are using to team you can set the functionality for load balancing etc with no need to manage the switch.

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Using the broadcom management app, it gives you the ability to team the NIC's. This server will be busy on the network, I just wanted to make sure that it could make sense. It does provide a load balancing option.
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Using the broadcom management app, it gives you the ability to team the NIC's. This server will be busy on the network, I just wanted to make sure that it could make sense. It does provide a load balancing option.

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Knowing that things may be different in this situation due to things on the dell hardware. <br />
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Bonding usually means you are channeling the hardware using a protocol like pagp or lacp. Now the switch hardware needs to be setup to bond the ports together using the same protocol as the host (in this case the dell). <br />
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Sometimes you can load balance across multiple nics using a proprietary design, multiple nics with multiple ip's, which does not need channeling protocols like pagp or lacp. <br />
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Your mileage and design will vary with hardware and software tweaks which are vendor proprietary. <br />
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Just my 00000010 cents.
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Knowing that things may be different in this situation due to things on the dell hardware.

Bonding usually means you are channeling the hardware using a protocol like pagp or lacp. Now the switch hardware needs to be setup to bond the ports together using the same protocol as the host (in this case the dell).

Sometimes you can load balance across multiple nics using a proprietary design, multiple nics with multiple ip's, which does not need channeling protocols like pagp or lacp.

Your mileage and design will vary with hardware and software tweaks which are vendor proprietary.

Just my 00000010 cents.

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My question is this. I know how I can create the team. <br />
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If I don't have a managed switch does it still benefit me to to bond them?
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My question is this. I know how I can create the team. 

If I don't have a managed switch does it still benefit me to to bond them?

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