HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v1 and v2 September 2006

# 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

902 900(3 4) 901(5 6)

5001

5000

903

904

5. Display the failover group port status. Enter:

# lanadmin –x –i 902

Link Aggregate PPA # : 902

Link Aggregation Mode : LAN_MONITOR

Load Balance Mode : Hot Standby (LB_HOT_STANDBY)

Active Port PPA # : 900

Port(s) ready : 901

Port(s) not ready : NONE

Port(s) connected to active port : 901

lan900 and lan901 are in failover group lan902, with lan900 the active port of lan902.

Compatibility and Installation Requirements

This section describes the compatibility information and installation requirements for this release. For

specific installation instructions, see the HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Support Guide.

Required Patches

HP APA requires the following patches:

• PHKL_31500 or its superseding patch

• Streams patch PHNE_32277 or its superseding patch

• LAN Cumulative patch PHNE_34474 or its superseding patch.

NOTE: HP recommends the Streams and LAN Cumulative patches only if you want to use 8 ports for

trunking; they are not required. HP recommends the LAN Cumulative patch only if you want VLAN over

APA support.

You can download patches from the following Web site:

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

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