HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 and v2 December 2005
HP has tested switches from the following vendors to work with HP APA:
• 3Com Corebuilder and SuperStack
• All Cisco Catalyst series
• HP ProCurve
• Foundry
• Alteon
NOTE Hot Standby and LAN Monitor modes are both supported with all switches; however, HP strongly
recommends using LAN Monitor rather than Hot Standby mode.
The following network adapter cards are supported:
• All Hewlett-Packard PCI 10/100Base cards (both FX and TX)
• All Hewlett-Packard PCI 1000Base cards (both Base-T and SX)
• PCI Token Ring (LAN Monitor mode only)
• PCI FDDI (LAN Monitor mode only)
Other Requirements
• HP APA must be installed with the system up.
• A reboot will be required.
• Installation requires superuser permissions.
• Refer to the HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Support Guide at http://docs.hp.com for complete
installation and configuration information.
• Estimated time to install the software is 3 to 5 minutes, depending on the complexity of your system.
Patches and Fixes in This Version
Table 1.1 lists the patches and fixes for HP APA B.11.11.20.
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