To create a NIC Team:
- In Server Manager, click Local Server.
- In the Properties pane locate NIC Teaming, and then click the link Disabled to the right. The NIC Teaming dialog box opens.
- In Adapters and Interfaces, select the network adapters that you want to add to a NIC Team.
- Click TASKS, and then click Add to New Team.
- The New team dialog box opens and displays network adapters and team members. In Team name, type a name for the new NIC Team.
- If needed, in Additional properties, select values for Teaming mode, Load balancing mode, and Standby adapter. In most cases, the highest-performing load balancing mode is Dynamic.
- If you want to configure or assign a VLAN number to the NIC Team, click the link to the right of Primary team interface. The New team interface dialog box opens.
- To configure VLAN membership, click Specific VLAN. Type the VLAN information in the first section of the dialog box
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Click OK.
PowerShell* Instruction
| Note | We recommend using Microsoft Teaming on operating systems 2012 and higher. |
Creating the Network Team using PowerShell
See the Microsoft TechNet article that details NIC Teaming (NetLBFO) cmdlets in Windows PowerShell*.
- Open an elevated PowerShell prompt. In the Windows® 10 taskbar search, type PowerShell. Press the W and S keys to open Search.
- You should now see the result Windows PowerShell at the top. Right-click Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator.
- If you are presented with the User Account Control prompt, click Yes.
- Enter the command new-NetLBFOTeam [TEAMNAME] “[NIC1]”, “[NIC2]” and press the Enter Key.
[TEAMNAME] – the name you want to give to the team of network adapters
[NIC1] – the name of the first network adapter found from above
[NIC2] – the name of the second network adapter found from above - Open the Network Connections by going to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network Connections.
Related Products
This article applies to 204 products.
500 Series Controllers (up to 10GbE)
Intel® Ethernet Controller X540 Series
Intel® Ethernet Controller X540-AT2
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550 Series
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550-AT
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550-AT2
Intel® Ethernet Controller X550-BT2
500 Series Network Adapters (up to 10GbE)
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 Series
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-DA2
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-LR1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-QDA1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-SR1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-SR2
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520-T2
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540 Series
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550 Series
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X550-T2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520 Series
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA1 for Open Compute Project
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 for Open Compute Project
700 Series Controllers (up to 40GbE)
Intel® Ethernet Controller X710 Series
Intel® Ethernet Controller X710-AM2
Intel® Ethernet Controller X710-BM2
Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710 Series
Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710-AM1
Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710-AM2
Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710-BM1
Intel® Ethernet Controller XL710-BM2
700 Series Network Adapters (up to 40GbE)
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710 Series
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA2
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-DA4
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X710-T4
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter X710-DA2 for OCP
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710 Series
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA1
Intel® Ethernet Converged Network Adapter XL710-QDA2
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710 Series
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X722 Series
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X722-DA2
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X722-DA4
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710 Series
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA1
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA1 for OCP
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter XXV710-DA2 for OCP
800 Series Controllers (up to 100GbE)
800 Series Network Adapters (up to 100GbE)
Ethernet Connections (up to 100GbE)
Gigabit Ethernet Adapters (1GbE)
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I210 Series
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I210-T1
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I340 Series
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I340-F4
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I340-T4
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350 Series
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350-F2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350-F4
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T2
Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4
Intel® Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter Series
Intel® Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
Intel® Gigabit EF Server Adapter Series
Intel® Gigabit EF Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® Gigabit ET Server Adapter Series
Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel® Gigabit ET2 Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel® Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter Series
Gigabit Ethernet Controllers (1GbE)
Intel® 82579 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Intel® 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82579V Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 10 Gigabit AF Server Adapter Series
Intel® 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter Series
Intel® 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter
Intel® 10 Gigabit CX4 Server Adapter Series
Intel® 10 Gigabit CX4 Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® 10 Gigabit XF Server Adapter Series
Intel® 10 Gigabit XF LR Server Adapter
Intel® 10 Gigabit XF SR Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® 10 Gigabit XF SR Server Adapter
Intel® 82566 Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82566DC Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82566DM Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82566MC Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82566MM Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82567 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Intel® 82577 Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82577LC Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82577LM Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82578 Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82578DC Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® 82578DM Gigabit Ethernet PHY
Intel® PRO/100 ISA Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 M Desktop Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 S Desktop Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 S Management Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 Smart Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 VE Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Intel® PRO/100 VM Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 VM Network Connection
Intel® PRO/100+ Management Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 CT Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 CT Network Connection
Intel® PRO/1000 F Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 GT Desktop Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 GT Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 GT Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 PF Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PF Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PF Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PM Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 PM Network Connection
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 T Desktop Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 T Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 XF Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100B Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/10GbE SR Server Adapter Series
NetEffect™ Ethernet Mezzanine Cluster Adapter -H
NetEffect™ Ethernet Mezzanine Cluster Adapter -I
NetEffect™ Ethernet Server Cluster Adapter CX4
NetEffect™ Ethernet Server Cluster Adapter DA
NetEffect™ Ethernet Server Cluster Adapter DA2
NetEffect™ Ethernet Server Cluster Adapter SFP+ SR
NetEffect™ Ethernet Server Cluster Adapter SFP+ SR2
Xircom® Networking & Modem Adapters
Multi-host Controllers (up to100GbE)
Discontinued Products
Intel® Gigabit VT Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel® 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/10GbE CX4 Server Adapter
Intel® NetportExpress Print Servers
Intel® NetportExpress™ 10 and 10/100 Print Servers
Intel® NetportExpress™ PRO and PRO/100 Print Servers
Intel® PRO/100 Intelligent Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 Intelligent Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 M Desktop Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 Mobile Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 CardBus Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 CardBus II Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 CardBus II Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 LAN+Modem56 PC Card Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 PC Card Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 S Combo Mobile Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 S Mobile Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 SR Combo Mobile Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 SR Mobile Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 S Desktop Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 S Management Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 S Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100 S Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 S Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/100 VE Desktop Adapter
Intel® PRO/100+ Dual Port Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100+ Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/100+ Management Adapter
Intel® PRO/100+ Server Adapter Series
Intel® PRO/100+ Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 F Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 MF Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter (LX)
Intel® PRO/1000 MF Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Desktop Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Dual Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 MT Quad Port Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Desktop Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 PT Quad Port Low Profile Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 T Desktop Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 T Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 XF Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 XT Low Profile Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/1000 XT Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/10GbE LR Server Adapter
Intel® PRO/10GbE SR Server Adapter
