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

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mode and enable autonegotiating, if necessary. Then, reset the

NIC with the nwmgr command

3. Verify that your interface state is UP by issuing the nwmgr command

with no arguments. If it is not up, perform the steps for NIC claimed?.

Verify that the network daemon (inetd) is running. Enter the following

command:

# ps -e | grep inetd

If no inetd daemon is running, start it using the following command:

# /sbin/init.d/inetd start

Verify that the HP APA depot is installed by issuing the following

command:

# swlist | grep J4240AA

If the product is installed, the following message is displayed:

J4240AA B.11.31.1303 Auto-Port Aggregation Software

If the product is not installed, install it by using the swinstall

command. See Chapter 2 (page 14) and the Release Notes for more

information.

to “Solving link

Verify that the software is configured in the kernel by issuing the following

command:

# what /stand/vmunix | egrep -i hp_apa

Output similar to the following displays:

$Revision: hp_apa: B.11.31.1303

aggregate problems

If nothing is displayed, rebuild the kernel.

(LACP mode)” (page 52)

for LACP_AUTO mode

link aggregates,

“Solving link aggregate

problems (FEC mode)”

(page 58) for

FEC_AUTO mode link

aggregates, or “Solving

failover group problems”

(page 62) for failover

groups.

Solving link aggregate problems (LACP mode)

Verify that the switch is configured correctly with the appropriate ports

enabled and autonegotiation set to ON. See the appropriate switch

documentation to determine if the switch ports connected to the server

are configured correctly for link aggregation (trunking) and support

LACP.

Verify that the link aggregate is configured by issuing the nwmgr

command. Link aggregate names begin with lan900 and have the

Subsystem and Interface Type as hp_apa.

If the link aggregate is not configured, use the System Management

Homepage to configure it. See “Configuring a link aggregate” (page 27)

for more information.

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