Dell N2024 - NIC Teaming (LAG, LACP)

Can you point me to some documents or provide the steps how to create team on Dell N2000 Series switch ports.

I set up a team of the NIC on a server r2 Windows Server 2012.  I need to know what needs to be configured on the N2000 Dell series switch to make sure it's working properly.  It is my understanding that you need to configure the server and on the ports of the switch stack.  In my case, I'm going to a team member of the server connected to port 1 of the switch 1 and the other plugged into port 1 of the switch 2.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Hello

It depends on what mode of grouping you use on the server. If you use the Windows team work construction you can choose between independent, does not require any static configuration or on the switch and LACP what to do. Broadcom and Intel Group also have similar options. To configure a switch port channel, you select the ports you want and use the channel-group command to add them to a port channel.

Page 593 ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_networking/esuprt_net_fxd_prt_swtchs/networking-n2000-series_Deployment%20Guide3_en-us.pdf

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