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### On-Board Network Ports Cannot Be Used to Initiate Teaming in Windows Server 2008 R2 (6868558)

Intel network interface card (NIC) teaming is not supported with PCI-X network interface cards running on Windows Server 2008 R2. Your server's on-board network ports are on the PCI-X bus and therefore cannot be used to create an Intel NIC team with Windows Server 2008 R2. Your Windows installation uses a generic NIC driver that does not include the teaming feature.

## Workaround

If you want to include the on-board network ports as part of an Intel NIC team, do the following:

1. Install an optional Intel 82571-based (or newer) PCIe network interface card (NIC) supported for Windows Server 2008 R2.
2. Install the NIC driver.

   This driver provides Intel's Advanced Networking Services. This driver is either included with your card, available from the card manufacturer's web site or from Intel (http://www.intel.com).

3. Include the on-board network ports as part of a multi-vendor team initiated from the Intel PCIe network card.

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