HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Release Notes HP-UX 11i *J4240-90034* Printed in the US HP Part Number: J4240-90034 Edition: September 2006, E0906
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Table of Contents 1 HP APA Overview for HP-UX 11i v1.............................................................................7 Auto Port Aggregation...............................................................................................................................7 LAN Monitor.......................................................................................................................................7 New Features in This Release.......................................................
List of Tables 1-1 2-1 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.11.20 Release.................................................................................................8 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.23.20 Release...............................................................................................
1 HP APA Overview for HP-UX 11i v1 This chapter provides information about the HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11.20) May 2005 release of HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) and LAN Monitor software. This release of HP APA now supports Proactive Failover Support (PFO) for LAN Monitor failover groups, TSO (TCP Segmentation Offload), and 64-bit statistics.
Table 1-1 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.11.20 Release Defect ID Description CR: JAGaf24714 SR: 8606364059 The lanadmin -g command waits for user interaction. CR: JAGaf26035 SR: 8606365402 The APA startup script does not detect if the APA's kernel components are configured into the running kernel. CR: JAGae99833 SR: 8606338887 PFO: Need an option to switch the link before all links are down. CR: JAGaf12626 SR: 8606351821 Allow LACP to use a different System ID.
Corrective Action: In order to use the network physical port on the HP 9000 server, physically move the connection from the server to the switch to another non-Cisco Fast EtherChannel port on the switch. • Cisco Catalyst 5000 Switches — Turning off Cisco's Fast Ether Channel protocol on one network physical port on the HP 9000 server might cause the entire link aggregate (the port it is associated with) to be deconfigured.
• • 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.
2 HP APA Overview for HP-UX 11i v2 This chapter provides information about the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23.20) September 2006 release of HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) and LAN Monitor software. This release of HP APA now supports the aggregation of eight physical ports into a link aggregate and IPv6 addressing for link aggregates and LAN Monitor failover groups.
Table 2-1 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.23.20 Release (continued) Defect ID Description CR: JAGaf38054 SR: 8606377796 When a link aggregate serving as the active port of a failover group changes its MAC address, an unnecessary failover occurs. This causes a momentary traffic loss. CR: JAGaf98280 SR: 8606440399 The lan*conf commands might log unneeded information to NetTL.
# lanapplyconf -v Reading ASCII file /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii Verifying ASCII file /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii Configuring Fail-Over Group(s) Creating Fail-Over Group lan902 Updated binary file /etc/lanmon/lanconfig 4. Display the failover group characteristics. Enter: # lanscan -q 0 1 2 7 8 902 900(3 4) 901(5 6) 5001 5000 903 904 5. Display the failover group port status.
Required Software HP APA requires the following software only if you want to use 8 ports for trunking: • • • Transport Optional Upgrade Release (TOUR) 3.0 Streams Advance Release (STAR) 1.0 IPFilter version A.03.05.12, if you use IP Filter You can download software from the following Web site: http://www.hp.com/go/softwaredepot Enter TOUR, STAR, and IPFilter, respectively, into the Search box at the top of the page. Operating System and Version Compatibility This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v2 (B.
• • Installation requires superuser permissions. Estimated time to install the software is 3 to 5 minutes, depending on the complexity of your system. Related Information The latest documentation for HP APA is available in at http://www.docs.hp.com.
