VirtualKryptonite: Cisco UCS VIC NIC teaming for physical SQL blades

What to Do Next

Read the Release Notes for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card Drivers before installing the driver.

Installing the NIC Teaming Driver from the Control Panel

Procedure

Step 1	In Windows, click Start > Control Panel.
Step 2	Navigate to and click the Network and Sharing Center. For the specific location see the Windows server documentation.
Step 3	In the Network and Sharing Center, click Manage Network Connections.
Step 4	In the Network Connections folder, right-click on an Ethernet interface and choose Properties.
Step 5	Click Install and choose Protocol > Add.
Step 6	Browse to the drivers directory and click OK. The Cisco NIC Teaming Driver is installed and listed in the Ethernet interface properties.

What to Do Next

In the command prompt, run the enictool.exe utility to create and delete teams.

Procedure

Step 1	In Windows, open a command prompt with administrator privileges.
Step 2	At the command prompt, enter enictool -p "drivers_directory" The Cisco NIC Teaming Driver is installed using the .inf files located in the specified directory. Example: This example installs the teaming driver using the .inf files located in the temp directory: `C:\> enictool -p "c:\temp"`

What to Do Next

Use the enictool.exe utility to create and delete teams.

Procedure

Step 1

In Windows, open a command prompt with administrator privileges.

Step 2

To create a team, enter enictool -c "list of connections" -m mode

The mode options are as follows:

Example:

This example creates a team of two NICs in Active Backup mode:

C:\> enictool -c "Local Area Connection" "Local Area Connection 2" -m 1

Step 3

To delete a team, enter enictool -d "name of the NIC team"

Example:

This example deletes a team called "Local Area Connection 3":

C:\> enictool -d "Local Area Connection 3"

Note	Local Area Connection 3 is the name of the NIC team and not the name of the individual adapters.

Step 4

To view additional options and usage information, enter enictool /?

Use the displayed command option information to configure load balancing method, load balancing hash method, and other options.