HP Auto Port Aggregation Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i v3 December 2007

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
LAN_MONITOR ModeFEC_AUTO, LACP_AUTO,
MANUAL
1
Modes
22FEC_AUTO (1)
LACP_AUTO (1)
MANUAL (1)
Minimum Number of
Ports per Link
Aggregate
432FEC_AUTO (8)
MANUAL (8)
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)
2
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
5
100BT, GigabitLinks
34
YesYesYesWorkstation Support
See “Supported Switches”
(page 23)
See “Supported Switches”
(page 23)
See “Supported Switches”
(page 23)
Switches and Hubs
900900900Starting PPA#
A.11.09 and A.11.18
6
A.11.15A.11.15HP Serviceguard
Version
SMH, edit files, and nwmgrSMH, edit files, nwmgr, and
lan*conf commands
SMH, edit files, and nwmgr
Configuration
Methods
N/AYesYesInstant Ignition
YesYesYes
4
Full and half-duplex
7
91