HP Auto Port Aggregation Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i v3 September 2008
Table of Contents
About This Document.........................................................................................................9
1 Introduction...................................................................................................................13
Conceptual Overview...........................................................................................................................13
Link Aggregate................................................................................................................................13
Load Balancing...........................................................................................................................14
Failover Group.................................................................................................................................15
Proactive Failover.......................................................................................................................15
TCP Segmentation Offload..............................................................................................................15
VLAN Support.................................................................................................................................16
Interoperability with HP Serviceguard................................................................................................17
Administrative Methods.......................................................................................................................17
HP System Management Homepage..............................................................................................17
nwmgr Command...........................................................................................................................18
Manually Editing Configuration Files.............................................................................................18
2 Installing the APA Software.........................................................................................19
Installation Requirements.....................................................................................................................19
Product Dependencies.....................................................................................................................19
Hardware Requirements.................................................................................................................19
Supported Switches....................................................................................................................19
Supported LAN Cards...............................................................................................................19
Operating System Requirements.....................................................................................................19
Installing the Software..........................................................................................................................20
Verifying the Installation .....................................................................................................................20
Removing the Software.........................................................................................................................21
3 Configuring APA..........................................................................................................23
HP APA Configuration Examples........................................................................................................23
Enterprise Intranet Client/Server Environment..............................................................................23
Internet or Large Enterprise Environments Using Routers............................................................24
Server-to-Server (Back-to-Back).......................................................................................................26
Hot Standby for High Availability..................................................................................................27
Server-to-Server with Switch (Not Recommended)........................................................................28
Failover Group.................................................................................................................................29
Failover Group Using Link Aggregates .........................................................................................30
Preparing for Configuration.................................................................................................................31
Link Aggregate Advanced Parameters.................................................................................................34
Failover Group Advanced Parameters.................................................................................................35
Configuring a Link Aggregate..............................................................................................................36
Configuring a Failover Group..............................................................................................................37
Configuring an IP Address...................................................................................................................39
Configuring the Link Partner................................................................................................................39
Configuring HP Serviceguard..............................................................................................................39
Creating VLANs Over APA..................................................................................................................39
Verifying the Configuration..................................................................................................................40
What Happens During Start Up?..........................................................................................................40
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