HP Auto Port Aggregation Administrator's Guide HP-UX 11i v3 (766140-001, March 2014)

Figure 6 Sample LAN Monitor Configuration for High Availability
LAN
Primary Standby
SwitchSwitch
HP APA 2-Port LAN Monitor
(failover group)
Failover group
Figure 7 (page 22) shows a sample failover group (LAN_MONITOR mode) configuration. This
configuration provides high availability network access with an active link and a standby link, and
has the following characteristics:
• Dual switches are not required. However, dual switches provide a more reliable network
environment by removing the switch as a single point of failure. If two switches are used, there
must be a data path between them to allow them to be on the same subnet.
• You can connect failover groups to any switch.
• The link partner does not require trunking to be enabled.
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