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ALB Teaming and multicast

HDuri
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Hello all,

I've a server with two "Intel(R) 82576 Gigabit Dual Port Server Network Connection".

For redundancy purpose I've decided to team together these interfaces.

I use TS reader to get a multicast flow but when the team is configured in ALB mode (with RLB disabled), the flow received is regularly lost

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4561278/ALB_capture.PNG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4561278/ALB_capture.PNG

Do you have any idea of what can cause this ?

Thanks.

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HDuri
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I saw that IGMP leave messages are sent regularly. On teaming documentation I saw that multicast traffic is always send on primary interface and when I set the "Load Balance Refresh Rate" parameter to 0, I don't have this problem.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4561278/igmpLeave.PNG https://dl.dropbox.com/u/4561278/igmpLeave.PNG

Why the driver has to sent this leave ?

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