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

A Product Specifications
Table A-1 summarizes the capabilities of HP APA and LAN Monitor.
Table A-1 HP APA and LAN Monitor Capabilities
Integration with HP
Serviceguard in MANUAL
1
,
FEC_AUTO, LACP_AUTO,
and LAN_MONITOR Modes
Only
LAN_MONITOR ModeFEC_AUTO, LACP_AUTO,
MANUAL
1
Modes
22FEC_AUTO (1)
LACP_AUTO (1)
MANUAL (1)
Minimum Number of
Ports per Link
Aggregate
See “Interoperability with
HP Serviceguard” (page 17)
32FEC_AUTO (8)
2
MANUAL (8)
2
LACP_AUTO (32)
Maximum Number of
Ports per Link
Aggregate
MANUAL (HS) (1)
LAN_MONITOR (1)
Others (N/A)
1MANUAL (HS) (1)
Others (N/A)
Active Ports per Link
Aggregate
MANUAL (HS) (1 - 3)
LAN_MONITOR (1 - 3)
Others (N/A)
1 - 31MANUAL (HS) (0 - 7)
Others (N/A)
Standby Ports per
Link Aggregate
505050Maximum Number of
Link Aggregates per
System
MANUAL (LB and HS)
3
FEC_AUTO (LB)
LACP_AUTO (LB)
LAN_MONITOR (HS)
HSFEC_AUTO (LB)
LACP_AUTO (LB)
MANUAL (LB and HS)
Load Balancing (LB)
or Hot Standby (HS)
YesYesYesMIB Monitor Support
PCIPCIPCIBuses
100BT, Gigabit, 10 GbE
Fiber (LAN_MONITOR)
100BT, Gigabit, 10 GbE Fiber
6
100BT, GigabitLinks
45
YesYesYesWorkstation Support
See “Supported Switches”
(page 19)
See “Supported Switches”
(page 19)
See “Supported Switches”
(page 19)
Switches and Hubs
900
7
900
7
900
7
Starting PPA#
See “Interoperability with
HP Serviceguard” (page 17)
HP Serviceguard
Version
Edit files
lan*conf commands
SAM or edit filesConfiguration
Methods
N/AYesYesInstant Ignition
YesYesYes
5
Full and half-duplex
8
95