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howto suppress well known "flip flop" messages? Further infos: That "flip-flop" is a feature(!) of BCM570x Family PCI-Xr 10/100/1000BASE-T "Broadcom Advanced Control Suite" called "Smart Load Balance (SLB)". It can be run over any Networks cards, not just bc(?) and cheap switches without port trunking. http://bcr2.uwaterloo.ca/~brecht/servers/docs/PowerEdge-2600/en/Broadcom/UG/protocol.htm#adapter Adapter Teaming Teaming provides traffic load balancing and redundant adapter operation in the event that a network connection fails. When multiple Gigabit Ethernet Adapters are installed in the same server, they can be grouped into teams. Each team with up to 8 ports can be configured on the server. If traffic is not identified on any of the adapter team members connections due to failure of the adapter, cable, switch port, or switch (where the teamed adapters are attached to separate switches), the load distribution is reevaluated and reassigned among the remaining team members. In the event all the primary adapters are down, the hot standby adapter becomes active. Existing sessions are maintained, causing no user impact. BASP supports three schemes of load balancing: Smart Load Balancing, Link Aggregation (802.3ad), and Generic Link Aggregation (Trunking). Smart Load Balancing (SLB)(tm) Broadcom implementation of load balancing based on IP flow. This feature supports balancing IP traffic across multiple adapters (i.e., team members) in a bi-directional manner. In this mode, all adapters in the team have separate MAC addresses. It provides automatic fault detection and dynamic failover to other team member or to a hot standby member; this is done independently of layer 3 protocol (IP, IPX, Net Beui). It works with existing layer 2 and 3 switches. Note that no switch configuration (such as trunk, link aggregation) is necessary for and SLB team to work. ... (all others uses 1 MAC for all eths so not problem.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
