HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 HP Part Number: 5900-1633 Published: September 2011 Edition: 1
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Contents 1 HP APA Overview for HP-UX 11i v1...............................................................5 Auto Port Aggregation...............................................................................................................5 Failover Group....................................................................................................................5 New Features in This Release.....................................................................................................
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1 HP APA Overview for HP-UX 11i v1 This chapter provides information about the HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11.30) September 2007 release of HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) and LAN Monitor software. This release of HP APA now supports Nortel Split Multi-Link Trunking (SMLT) technology and MANUAL mode link aggregate creation from ports with different group capability values.
Table 1 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.11.
Table 1 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.11.30 Release (continued) Defect ID Description CR: JAGaf69619 SR: 8606409736 Under some stress situations (for example, a port is continuously enabled and then disabled to run LACP), the system panics with data page fault in the lacp_notify_msg function. CR: JAGaf69665 SR: 8606409782 When a user application sends a DL_HP_HW_RESET_REQ primitive to a link aggregate or failover group, APA returns the error code 233 (EOPNOTSUPP).
Table 1 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.11.30 Release (continued) Defect ID Description CR: JAGag17374 SR: 8606461410 The lanqueryconf command might put ports having VLANs configured on them into failover groups. The lanapplyconf command fails if it detects these ports inside a failover group. CR: JAGag17375 SR: 8606461411 The lanapplyconf command cannot create failover groups whose member ports have an MTU of 259 or less.
For specific installation instructions, see the HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2. To locate this document, go to the www.hp.com/go/ hpux-networking-docs product page. On this page, select HP-UX Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Software. 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. • 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 at www.hp.com/go/hpux-APA-docs.
2 HP APA Overview for HP-UX 11i v2 This chapter provides information about the HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23.40) December 2007 release of HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) and LAN Monitor software. This release of HP APA now supports HP Serviceguard version A.11.17 or later. HP Serviceguard can use both link aggregates and failover groups (LAN_MONITOR mode). In addition, this release also supports Nortel Split Multi-Link Trunking (SMLT) technology and improved HP Integrity virtual machine support.
Known Problems and Limitations This section describes the known problems and limitations as known to HP at the time of publication. If workarounds are available, they are included. Known Problems with Switches • 3Com SuperStack II Switches To interoperate with the switch, disable the Trunk Control Message Protocol (TCMP) on all of the ports that are being used with HP Integrity servers.
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 • Nortel • Extreme HP APA also supports Nortel's Split Multi-Link Trunking (SMLT) technology. Specifically, HP has tested the Passport 8006 and Passport 8010 switches with the version 3.7.13.0 of the software.
You can download patches from the following website: http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do Other Requirements • HP APA must be installed with the system up. • A reboot will be required. • 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 at www.hp.com/go/hpux-APA-docs.
3 HP APA Overview for HP-UX 11i v3 This chapter provides information about the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31.60) September 2011 release of HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) and LAN Monitor software. This release of HP APA is a defect fix only release and does not have any new features. Auto Port Aggregation HP APA is a software product that creates link aggregates, often called "trunks," which provide a logical grouping of two or more physical ports into a single "Fat-Pipe.
Corrective Action: 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.
NOTE: HOT_STANDBY and LAN_MONITOR modes are both supported with all switches; however, HP strongly recommends using LAN_MONITOR mode. The following network adapter cards are supported: • All HP PCI 10/100Base cards (both FX and TX) • All HP PCI 1000Base cards (both Base-T and SX) • All HP PCI-X 2-port Combination cards (network ports only) • PCI-X 10 GbE Fiber cards (failover groups only) Required Disk Space Approximately 2 MB.
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