Nic teaming pair configuration

A computing device comprising:

• one or more network interface controllers (NICs), each NIC having a plurality of network ports;
• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing computer-executable code that is executable by the processor to realize:
• candidate determination logic to, for a target port of the network ports of the NICs, determine a plurality of candidate ports of the network ports of the NICs with which to establish a NIC teaming pair, based on addresses of the network ports;
• candidate selection logic to, for the target port, choose a selected candidate port with which to establish the NIC teaming pair, from the candidate ports, based on a priority score of each candidate port calculated based on the address of the candidate port;
• and
• NIC teaming configuration logic to configure the target port with the selected candidate port as the NIC teaming pair.

A non-transitory computer-readable data storage medium storing computer-executable code executable by a computing device to perform a method comprising:

• determining, for a target port of a plurality of ports of one or more network interface controllers (NICs) of the computing device, a plurality of candidate ports of the ports with which to establish a NIC teaming pair, each candidate port having a target bus number equal to a bus number of the target port plus a multiple of a number of the NICs,
• wherein the computing device has one or more input/output modules (IOMs) to which the NICs are externally exposed, each NIC has a plurality of controllers, and each port of each NIC is managed by one of the controllers of the NIC and is connected to one of the IOMs of the computing device;
• determining, by the computing device for the target port, a selected candidate port with which to establish the NIC teaming pair, from the candidate ports, based on a priority score of each candidate port calculated based on the IOM to which the candidate port is connected, the NIC of which the candidate port is a part, and the controller that manages the candidate port, wherein the priority scores prioritize redundancy in determination of the selected candidate port at an IOM level over a NIC level, and at the NIC level over a controller level;
• and
• configuring, by the computing device, the target port with the selected candidate port as the NIC teaming pair, network communication subsequently occurring over the target port and the selected candidate port as the NIC teaming pair.