1.3 System Requirements for GLS

In order to use GLS functions, your system must satisfy the requirements and conform to the restrictions listed below.

Requirements

Table 1.2 Requirements
Environment	Condition	Comment
Supported OS	Windows Server 2012 Foundation Windows Server 2012 Standard Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2016 Datacenter	Server Core servers are supported.
Supported hardware (NIC)	PRIMERGY PRIMEQUEST	For more details, refer to the GLS Software Release Guide.
Network adapter that can be bundled	Physical adapter Network adapter on the virtual machine Intel PROSet teaming (Link aggregation)	-
Compatible protocol	IP (Internet Protocol) Version 4 IP (Internet Protocol) Version 6 FNA (Fujitsu Network Architecture)	-
Compatible network device	Switch with MAC address learning function	For communication by VLAN tagging, must support IEEE802.1Q.
Compatible network device	Switch or network device for which an IP address can be set and that responds to pinging.	Required for ping monitoring.
Shared physical adapter between virtual adapters	Use the same adapter.	With Windows TCP/IP, because it is possible to set multiple IP addresses for a single adapter, there is no need to create multiple virtual adapters on the VLAN.

Note

When using Network Load Balancing (NLB), select Multicast with the Network Load Balancing Manager. In addition, restart the system before the operation after setting Network Load Balancing.

Restrictions

Table 1.3 Restrictions
Item		Restriction	Comment
Number of LAN adapters that can be bundled		Up to two per virtual adapter	You cannot specify GLS virtual adapters as adapters to be bundled by GLS.
Number of IP addresses that can be defined		Depends on Windows restrictions	There are no GLS restrictions.
Number of MAC addresses that can be defined	Unicast	One	-
	Multicast	Cannot be set
	Broadcast	Cannot be set
Number of virtual adapters that can be defined		Up to 16	Use the hanetconfig command to set the number. For more details, refer to "6.2.2 hanetconfig."
Valid range for VLAN ID		1 - 4095	Note that the VLAN IDs of connecting virtual adapters must not be the same. Use the hanetconfig command to set the ID. For more details, refer to "6.2.2 hanetconfig."