Link Aggregation

[stealle]

Is link aggregation possible with a future software upgrade or is there a hardware limitation. If its possible, does anyone know if WD is working on it?

[Vadir]

Link Aggregation is not natively supported in Windows Server 2008, not sure if WD can add support to it.

[Gramps]

It is actually not allowed per the oem's eula

[stealle · Accepted solution]

I skimmed through the eula.  I didn't see any mention of link aggregation.  I might have missed it. if it is there, I wonder if Apple wrote the eula. Sounds like somthing they would do.

Anyway,  I read a review on Amazon that mentioned the option to enable link agregation is available on the DX4000 and can be accessed through Remote Desktop Connection.  I haven't personally confirmed this, but if that info is accurate, I certainly won't hesitate to flip that switch (so to speak) if I decide I need the extra speed.  If the option is available without any sort of "hack" I can't see how WD could tell me not to do it. 

[Gramps]

That is from The OEM Terms and conditions  Also the MS EULA states you may not enable any server roles that are not already enabled

[adamhems]

I thought it DOES have link agregation, but in hardware, not software. The OS only sees one NIC - the "TEAM: WDTeam" adaptor however in hardware devices there are the two physical and one virtual one:

.. but I could be wrong; maybe it just does failover (in hardware).