Setting up NIC Teaming for Windows Server

Creating a team

There are two ways to invoke the New Team dialog box:

• Select the Tasks menu in the Teams tile and then select New Team, or
• Right click on an available adapter in the Network Adapters tab and select the Add to new team item. Multi-select works for this: you can select multiple adapters, right-click on one, select Add to new team, and they will all be pre-marked in the New Team dialog box.

Both of these will cause the New Team dialog box to pop-up.

When the New Team dialog box pops-up there are two actions that MUST be taken before the team can be created:

• A Team name must be provided, and
• One or more adapters must be selected to be members of the team

Optionally, the administrator may select the Additional properties item and configure the teaming mode, load distribution mode, and the name of the first (primary) team interface.