
Some advanced features, including hardware offloading, are automatically disabled when non-Intel adapters are team members to assure a common feature set. Intel® PRO/100 Adapters and PRO/1000 adapters that plug into PCI or PCI-X* slots don't support Intel® ANS teaming in any Windows versions later than Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Any port that displays in the Intel PROSet teaming wizard can be included in a team including older Intel adapters and non-Intel adapters. When creating a team on a supported adapter, ports on non-supported adapters can display in the Intel® PROSet teaming wizard.

Teaming options are supported for Windows versions where the following Intel adapters receive full software support: Use the New Team option and follow the wizard to create a team. If your adapter supports teaming, then a Teaming tab displays in Windows Device Manager after installing the software. If you uncheck Intel ANS during installation, you need to modify the installation and select Intel ANS as an installation option. The default selection is Intel ANS, so no special action is required during installation. When you run the installation from the CD included with your software or from downloaded software, the Setup Option gives you the choice to install Intel ANS. Intel ANS is installed by default along with Intel® PROSet for Windows* Device Manager.


You can use teaming to add fault tolerance, load balancing, and link aggregation features to a group of ports. Adapter teaming with Intel® Advanced Network Services (Intel® ANS) uses an intermediate driver to group multiple physical ports.
