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Thank you. &nbsp;I read that, but it was at 3AM. &nbsp;Now that I've had coffee, it makes more sense.
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Thank you.  I read that, but it was at 3AM.  Now that I've had coffee, it makes more sense.

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Hope it helps.<br />
Get some rest!
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We have a standard rule to team NICs on all of our physical servers. &nbsp;However, the servers that host our phone software have a license tied to the MAC address of the NIC. &nbsp;So, if we team the NICs, how will that impact this license if the primary NIC fails and the secondary NIC picks up? &nbsp;Will the MAC address stay the same? &nbsp;Will it change?<br />
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I'm asking because our phone tech is telling us to unteam the NICs and that will break our dual fabric redundancy we have set up in the switches. &nbsp;<br />
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Can anyone shed some light on this?<br />
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Cliff
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We have a standard rule to team NICs on all of our physical servers.  However, the servers that host our phone software have a license tied to the MAC address of the NIC.  So, if we team the NICs, how will that impact this license if the primary NIC fails and the secondary NIC picks up?  Will the MAC address stay the same?  Will it change?

I'm asking because our phone tech is telling us to unteam the NICs and that will break our dual fabric redundancy we have set up in the switches.  

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Thanks

Cliff

Teamed NICs and MAC addresses

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.

Networking Hardware-Other

The Windows operating systems have distinct methodologies for designing and implementing networks, and have specific systems to accomplish various networking processes, such as Exchange for email, Sharepoint for shared files and programs, and IIS for delivery of web pages. Microsoft also produces server technologies for networked database use, security and virtualization.