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ChadWst
Brass Contributor
Nov 20, 2019

NIC Teaming Support Boundary -- Active Directory Domain Controllers

I am looking for some support documentation related to NIC Teaming and Active Directory Domain Controllers. In the old days pre 2012 I know this was a hard NO. Is this still the case? If NIC teaming is supported, what is the preferred Teaming mode?

 

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  • Alban1998's avatar
    Alban1998
    Iron Contributor
    May 03, 2023
    Hello, I fully agree with Dave, it is still a big no. If you need additional resilience, install more Domain Controllers. Virtualizing them helps too.
  • Dave Patrick's avatar
    Dave Patrick
    MVP
    Nov 20, 2019

    As far as I know still not recommended for domain controllers. If a domain controller is approaching the limit of a single NIC then that's a pretty good indication of general overload and the need for additional domain controllers.

     

    As to supportability; when an issue arises and call is made, you'll likely need to disable the team as first step in the debugging process.

     

     

     

     

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