HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 HP Part Number: 766139-001 Published: March 2014 Edition: 1
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Contents HP secure development lifecycle......................................................................4 1 HP APA overview for HP-UX 11i v3................................................................5 Auto Port Aggregation...............................................................................................................5 Failover group.....................................................................................................................
HP secure development lifecycle Starting with HP-UX 11i v3 March 2013 update release, HP secure development lifecycle provides the ability to authenticate HP-UX software. Software delivered through this release has been digitally signed using HP's private key. You can now verify the authenticity of the software before installing the products, delivered through this release. To verify the software signatures in signed depot, the following products must be installed on your system: • B.11.31.
1 HP APA overview for HP-UX 11i v3 This chapter provides information about the HP-UX 11i v3 Auto Port Aggregation (APA) and LAN Monitor software. 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.
2 New features supported and known issues fixed in HP-UX 11i v3 releases New features in B.11.31.1403 version The following features are supported in B.11.31.1403 Version: • Mixing of 10GbE drivers (iexgbe and iocxgbe) is now supported in Aggregates or LAN Monitor. The APA minimum version for this is B.11.31.1303. The minimum version for iexgbe and iocxgbe is B.11.31.1303.1 and B.11.31.1303 respectively.
NOTE: • MANUAL mode link aggregation has been deprecated. It is planned for future obsolescence. HP recommends to not use this configuration. Configuration with link aggregation in LACP mode is recommended. • LB_PORT provides a better traffic distribution across each of the physical ports in the aggregation. HP recommends using LB_PORT for efficient traffic distribution. • HOT_STANDBY is obsoleted in this version. HP recommends using LAN_MONITOR. New feature B.11.31.71 release The B.11.31.
Table 5 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.31.50.1 release Defect ID Description QXCR1001096876 In HP APA B.11.31.50 and earlier versions, the APA/LM statistics are not updated for upto 90 seconds after fail-back. QXCR1001105287 In HP APA B.11.31.50, the LACP aggregation functionality does not function correctly. Known problems fixed in B.11.31.50 release Table 5 lists the known problems fixed in this release of HP APA B.11.31.50. Table 6 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.31.
Table 8 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.31.30 release Defect ID Description QXCR1000572784 NCWeb: FOG interval in seconds on main screen, but in microseconds on the create/modify screen. QXCR1000820907 NCWeb: Incorrect Preview Command Line when creating failover group QXCR1000830919 11.31 Host crash during Netperf + APA Interaction Tests. New features in B.11.31.10 release • Enables you to monitor link aggregate MIB statistics using the nwmgr command.
Table 9 Fixes in the HP APA B.11.31.10 release (continued) Defect ID Description CR: JAGag38440 When stopping PAgP, the group capability set by the administratormight be cleared. SR: 8606485453 CR: JAGag38738 SR: 8606485777 When a user application sends a DL_HP_HW_RESET_REQ primitive to a link aggregate or failover group, HP APA returns the error code 233 [EOPNOTSUPP]. New features in B.11.31.02 release The B.11.31.
See the HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Administrator's Guide (formerly called the HP Auto Port Aggregation Support Guide (HP Part Number J4240-90037) for more information on the new features and how to use them. New features in B.11.31.
3 Known problems This section can be divided into two parts as follows: • “Known problems with this release” (page 12) • “Known problems with switches” (page 12) Known problems with this release This section provides a list of known problems and limitations as known to HP at the time of publication. If workarounds are available, they are included.
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.
4 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) Administrator's Guide. 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. Hardware requirements This version of HP APA runs on HP Integrity servers with the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.
5 Related information The latest documentation for HP APA is available at www.hp.com/go/hpux-APA-docs. Available documents include: • HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Administrator's Guide • Performance and Scalability White Paper • Split Trunking Support with HP Auto Port Aggregation • Using HP APA with HP Virtual Connect Modules • Using APA to Build a Screaming Fast Network Server Connection Software availability in native languages The HP APA product is available only in the English language.
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