Adding a new port to a HP Network Team

Problem

A port has died on your NIC and is showing as disconnected in your HP Network Team. The Network Team is no longer redundant.

Solution

You need to add a new port and drop the disconnected port, without affecting the overall settings:

1. Make sure another port is connected from the NIC to a switch.
2. Open the HP Network Configuration Utility. In this case, Port 2 in the Team is dead (disconnected), and Port 3 is connected but not in the Team yet:
   
   
3. Select the Network Team (HP Network Team #1) and the new connected Port (Port 3), then click Team:
   
4. Click OK if you get the following warning:
   
5. Notice that Port 3 is now showing as part of the Team:
   
6. If you view the Team Properties, it still shows Port 2 as Disconnected and Port 3 as Not Teamed:
   
7. Select Port 2 and click Drop:
   
8. Click Yes to apply all changes:
   
9. After a short while, you should get a message saying the changes were successfully completed:
   
10. Open the HP Network Configuration Utility once again, and it should now show Team is connected and redundant (green icon):
    

Reference

• ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/networking/TeamingWP.pdf
• http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/guestbloggers/archive/2006/04/19/hp-proliant-network-adapter-teaming-explained.aspx
  
• Using HP Network Teaming with Hyper-V: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01663264/c01663264.pdf
• Setup LACP for “switch-assisted” load balancing: http://ramazancan.wordpress.com/2011/08/06/how-to-configure-nic-teaming-with-hp-proliant-and-cisco-or-procurve-switch-infrastructure/