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

About This Document
This document describes how to install, configure, and troubleshoot HP Auto Port Aggregation
(APA) on HP-UX Version 11i v3 platforms.
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This document is not a tutorial.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installing,
configuring, and managing HP APA. Administrators are expected to have knowledge of operating
system concepts, commands, and configuration.
A knowledge of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking concepts
and network configuration is also helpful.
New and Changed Information in This Edition
The September 2008 release of HP APA for HP-UX 11i v3 provides improved HP Integrity virtual
machine support.
Document Organization
This document is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 (page 13) Describes HP APA, its concepts, and administrative methods.
Chapter 2 (page 19) Describes HP APA installation requirements and how to install HP
APA.
Chapter 3 (page 23) Shows sample HP APA configurations, and describes the
information to gather and the steps to configure HP APA using the
System Management Homepage (SMH).
Chapter 4 (page 41) Describes those tasks that you perform for the day-to-day
administration of HP APA.
Chapter 5 (page 51)
Describes the nwmgr command and provides a table to translate
legacy LAN commands to nwmgr commands.
Chapter 6 (page 59) Describes how to diagnose and solve HP APA problems, including
reporting problems to HP.
Appendix A (page 87) Provides a summary of the HP APA product specifications.
Appendix B (page 89) Describes the HP APA configuration files and their fields.
Appendix C (page 97) Describes how to configure HP APA by editing the configuration
files.
Appendix D (page 105) Describes the steps to configure VLANs over HP APA using HP
Procurve switches.
Appendix E (page 111) Provides information on using various switches to configure link
aggregates.
Typographic Conventions
This document uses the following typographical conventions:
%, $, or #
A percent sign represents the C shell system prompt. A dollar
sign represents the system prompt for the Bourne, Korn, and
POSIX shells. A number sign represents the superuser prompt.
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