dual network cards

[rubberhead10]

Hello all

I have recently purchased a dell 2950 server that has two network cards installed in it. currently I am using just the one network card with a static ip address. I would like to bring the other card online but I am unsure of how to configure this card to work properly on the network. I would like the second card to assist the first card on network request. any help is appreciated.......THANKS

 

[jimbopalmer]

While I do not reccomend it, it is possible to buy NIC teaming software for the computer and buy a switch which allows Link Aggrigation.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[rubberhead10]

thanks for the info just so happens that the nic cards have teaming software with them bt I have decided not to use it for now

 

[Grenage]

Why do you not recommend teaming, jimbopalmer?

Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[jimbopalmer]

The cost of a gig card is usually far less than the cost of the time spent getting NIC teaming to work. The cost of a gigabit switch is usually less than the cost of a switch that features link aggrigation.

So for throughput, I do not reccomend it, but if you need redundancy (I have servers in my server room dual linked to a network in another building) it comes in handy.

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[Grenage]

Ah, I see where you are coming from now. A valid point indeed. Still, if you've already got a switch that supports it, and an older server with two or more cards, it can't hurt.

Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[rubberhead10]

just an FYI the server that I wanted to do teaming on has dual gig nic cards in it. when I looked at the ammount of trafic to the single nic card there was no need for the second card by a long shot. I figured the second card was there and if i needed it, well how long does it take to configure a nic......Thanks

 

[LawnBoy]

In my experience it is rare to need to Tean NICs.