Planning and Implementing VLANs with HP-UX
Table Of Contents
- Planning and Implementing VLANs with HP-UX
- Table of Contents
- About This Document
- What is VLAN?
- VLANs on HP-UX
- Features and Advantages
- Implementing VLANs on HP-UX
- Priority and Class of Service (CoS)
- IP ToS and 802.1p Conversion—End-to-End Class of Service
- Typical Customer Configurations
- Using HP-UX VLANs with HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA)
- Using HP-UX VLANs with HP Virtual Machines (HPVM)
- Future HP-UX VLAN Feature Additions
About This Document
This white paper presents network managers with an overview of HP-UX Virtual LAN (VLAN)
software for HP servers. The following HP-UX VLAN topics are addressed:
• An introduction to VLAN technology and its benefits—since a VLAN-aware switch is the
building block of a VLAN network environment, this white paper explains how switches
implement VLANs.
• HP-UX VLANs: features and advantages and how HP-UX fits into a VLAN environment,
including:
— Using HP-UX VLANs with HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA)
— Using HP-UX VLANs with HP Virtual Machines (HPVM)
• Planning a VLAN with HP-UX servers.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for configuring
and administering HP-UX VLANs. Administrators are expected to have knowledge of HP-UX
and networking concepts, commands and configuration.
This document is not a tutorial.
Related Information
The following documents and web sites contain useful and related information:
• http://www.hp.com/go/vlan
• HP-UX VLAN Documentation
• HP Auto Port Aggregation Documentation
• HP Integrity Virtual Machines Documentation
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