Configure teamed NICs

"Teamed NICs" or "link aggregation" describes forming a network link on a computer by using multiple network interface cards (NICs) together. This is useful to increase the total network bandwidth, or to provide link redundancy.

You can configure teamed NICs on Windows so that they are compatible with Deep Security Agent.

On Windows, when you team NICs, it creates a new virtual interface. This virtual interface adopts the MAC address of its first teamed physical interface.

By default, during installation or upgrade, the Windows Agent will bind to all virtual and physical interfaces. This includes the virtual interface created by NIC teaming. However, Deep Security Agent doesn't function properly if multiple interfaces have the same MAC address, which happens with NIC teaming on Windows

To avoid that, bind the agent only to the teamed virtual interface - not the physical interfaces.

NIC teaming with Deep Security Agent requires Windows 2003 requires SP 2 or later.

Don't add or remove network interfaces from a teamed NIC except immediately before running the installer. Otherwise network connectivity may fail or the computer may not be correctly detected with Deep Security Manager. The agent's network driver is bound to network interfaces when you install or upgrade; the agent does not continuously monitor for changes after.