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

1. Click Create Link Aggregate on the APA main page to open the Create Link Aggregate page
as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10 Create Link Aggregate Page
2. Select a Link Aggregate Instance, or accept the default. If you select a different value, the
display refreshes.
3. Select an APA Mode. If you change the mode, the display refreshes.
4. Select the links to include in the link aggregate.
5. Click Advanced Parameters to display additional link aggregate parameters.
Enter the link aggregate parameters you want.
6. Select the Configuration Options you want.
7. Click OK to create a link aggregate and set the attributes. An Operation Successful page
appears (Figure 11), confirming the creation of the link aggregate and the updating of the
APA configuration.
Figure 11 Operation Successful Page
8. Click OK. The APA main page displays, showing the newly created link aggregate.
By default, SMH changes the current APA configuration and saves the information and APA
configuration to the /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf, /etc/rc.config.d/
hp_apaportconf, and /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii files, which maintains the Create
Link Aggregate changes across reboots.
After you configure the link aggregate, configure an IP address for the link aggregate to enable
it. See “Configuring an IP address” (page 30) for more information.
28 Configuring APA