HP Auto Port Aggregation Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2 September 2008

4. HP APA software starts
Cisco's FEC or IEEE 802.3ad LACP protocol is started on the ports that have been marked
as such. No action is taken for the ports that have Cisco's FEC or IEEE 802.3ad LACP turned
off.
5. LAN Monitor ASCII file is processed
Process /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii to create failover groups. If this file has not
been created, no action is taken.
After the system is up and running, you can distinguish a link aggregate from a normal
(unaggregated) port by running the lanscan command. For more information, see “Verifying
the Configuration” (page 47).
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