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

of the HP_APA_FIXED_MAC parameter; the link aggregate
is assigned the specified MAC address.
HP_APA_USE_SYSLOG Enables (1) or disables (0) the logging of status messages
to the syslog.log file (for example, when a link aggregate
or port fails or comes up). The default value is 0. See
Section for sample syslog.log messages and their
meaning.
Examples
• To set the load-balancing mode to port based (LB_PORT) on lan900:
HP_APA_INTERFACE_NAME[0]="lan900"
HP_APA_LOAD_BALANCE_MODE[0]="LB_PORT"
HP_APA_HOT_STANDBY[0]="off"
• To create a LACP link aggregate having ports with PPAs 1 and 2:
HP_APA_INTERFACE_NAME[1]="lan900"
HP_APA_LOAD_BALANCE_MODE[1]="LB_PORT"
HP_APA_KEY [0]= 900
NOTE: Ensure that the server and switch are set to the same mode—LACP.
• To configure the LACP link aggregates lan900 and lan901, using the system-assigned MAC
address and user-assigned MAC address, respectively:
HP_APA_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan900
HP_APA_LOAD_BALANCE_MODE[0]=LB_MAC
HP_APA_FIXED_MAC[0]=on
HP_APA_INTERFACE_NAME[1]=lan901
HP_APA_LOAD_BALANCE_MODE[1]=LB_MAC
HP_APA_STATION_ADDRESS[1]=0x021122334455
hp_apaportconf file
The /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaportconf file contains the following parameters that you can
specify for individual ports. All configuration parameters for physical ports begin with the prefix
HP_APAPORT_.
HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE Set the configuration mode for a physical port. The
supported values are as follows:
• FEC_AUTO
• LACP_AUTO
• LAN_MONITOR
• MANUAL
For a description of these parameters, see the mode
descriptions in “Preparing for configuration” (page 23).
HP_APAPORT_GROUP_CAPABILITY For FEC_AUTO only. An integer value used to determine
which network physical ports can be aggregated into a
common FEClink aggregate. Set the group capability to be
the same for all network physical ports. The group capability
must match the group capability of the desired aggregate
that the user wants the port to join. This value is set in the
/etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf file. “Link aggregate
advanced parameters” (page 26) describes how to choose
the group capability for link aggregates. Ports going to
different link aggregates should have different group
capabilities.
The default group capability is 5.
hp_apaportconf file 79