From the help file of my intel nic:
ANS Teaming Overview
ANS Teaming Overview
Advanced Networking Services (ANS) teaming is a feature of the Intel® Advanced Networking Services component that lets you group multiple adapters in a system into a team. ANS teams offer features such as load balancing, increased throughput, and fault tolerance.
For more information, see
ANS Team Types.
Teaming Requirements
The network configuration as well as the type of adapters you have installed in a computer affect which team types can be set up on the computer. Review the information on the
ANS Team Types topic for an overview of team requirements and capabilities.
Supported Adapters
All teaming options are supported on Intel® PRO/100 and Gigabit adapters. If an adapter appears in the New Team Wizard or the
Modify Team tab, it can be included in a team. Teams must include an Intel server adapter or network connection.
For some Intel® 10GbE adapters, only Adapter Fault Tolerance Teaming, Adaptive Load Balancing, and Switch Fault Tolerance Teaming are supported.
Selected adapters from other manufacturers are also supported. For more information on using non-Intel adapters in teams, see
Multi-vendor Teaming.
Adapters that appear in the New Team Wizard or the Modify Team dialog box can be included in a team. Not all adapters support ANS Teaming, and adapters that are already in another team will not appear in the list of available adapters. TOE (TCP Offload Engine) enabled adapters cannot be added to an ANS team and will not appear in the list of available adapters. Not all operating systems support all adapters. If your operating system does not support an adapter, it will not show up in the list of available adapters. Adapters utilizing Intel® iSCSI Remote Boot cannot be included in a team. Please see the User Guide for a list of supported adapters.