HP Auto Port Aggregation Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i v3 September 2008

4 Administering HP APA
Administering HP APA consists of performing the following tasks:
• “Modifying a Link Aggregate” (page 41)
• “Modifying a Failover Group” (page 41)
• “Deleting a Link Aggregate” (page 41)
• “Deleting a Failover Group” (page 43)
• “Displaying the Current APA Configuration” (page 43)
• “Displaying the Link Aggregate Details” (page 43)
• “Modifying HP APA Global Parameters” (page 44)
• “Performing Critical Resource Analysis” (page 45)
• “Stopping FEC or LACP Protocol” (page 45)
• “Logging Messages to the syslog.log File” (page 45)
• “Viewing HP APA Statistics” (page 46)
Modifying a Link Aggregate
To modify a link aggregate, do the following:
1. Select a link aggregate in the SMH APA main page to display the detailed view of the link
aggregate.
2. Click Modify Link Aggregate to display the Modify Link Aggregate page.
3. Select a port Instance Number to add it to or delete it from the link aggregate.
4. Select the Configuration Options you want.
5. Click OKto modify the link aggregate and set the attributes. An Operation Successful page
appears, confirming the modification of the link aggregate and the updating of the APA
configuration.
6. Click OK. The APA main page displays, showing the newly modified link aggregate.
Modifying a Failover Group
To modify a failover group, do the following:
1. Select a failover group in the SMH APA main page to display the detailed view of the failover
group.
2. Click Modify Failover Group to display the Modify Failover Group page.
3. Select a port Instance Number to add it to or delete it from the failover group.
4. Select the Configuration Options you want.
5. Click OK to modify the failover group and set the attributes. An Operation Successful page
appears, confirming the modification of the link aggregate and the updating of the APA
configuration.
6. Click OK. The APA main page displays, showing the newly modified failover group.
Deleting a Link Aggregate
To delete a link aggregate, do the following:
1. Select a link aggregate in the SMH APA main page to display the detailed view of the link
aggregate.
2. Click Delete Link Aggregate in the details pane to display the Delete Link Aggregate page
as shown in Figure 4-1.
Modifying a Link Aggregate 41