NIC Teaming question

[burnsidestev]

We have a backup server on our network that has 5 available NICs. We are looking to see if we can get it teamed to where it can receive on all 5 NICs.

What class of switch would support this type of teaming or would it take a load balancer?

I know software teaming server side allows you to recieve on one, transmit on many. We are looking for the opposite of that.

Thanks.

[Yongbing WU · Accepted solution]

802.3ad is your choice.

Some NIC cards also support Cisco proprietary Etherchannel.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Bill.

[burnsidestev]

Thanks Bill, that is exactly what I was looking for.