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

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.11.23).

Hardware Requirements

This version of HP APA now runs on either HP 9000 servers or HP Integrity servers with the HP-UX 11i

v2 (B.11.23) operating system.

HP APA supports Cisco's FastEtherChannel (PAgP) protocol, the Link Aggregation Control Protocol (IEEE

802.3ad), or manual trunking mechanisms.

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)

NOTE: HP APA does not support the 10/100 BT Standard/Management LAN interface found on

some systems and controlled by the intl100 driver, and any other devices controlled by the intl100

driver.

• All Hewlett-Packard PCI 1000Base cards (both Base-T and SX)

• PCI-X 10 GbE Fiber cards (LAN Monitor mode only)

• PCI Token Ring (LAN Monitor mode only)

• PCI FDDI (LAN Monitor mode only)

Required Disk Space

Approximately 2 MB.

First-time Installation

For an initial HP APA installation, two files, hp_apaconf and hp_apaportconf are placed in

/etc/rc.config.d.

The default configuration port mode is MANUAL.

Other Requirements

• HP APA must be installed with the system up.

• A reboot will be required.

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