HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 (766139-001, March 2014)

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.11.31) operating
system.
HP APA supports Cisco's FastEtherChannel (FEC, also known as 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
• Cisco (also Split LACP link aggregations on Cisco Switch Stacks)
• HP Procurve
• Foundry
• Alteon
• Nortel
• Extreme
For Nortel SMLT support, HP has tested the Passport 8006 and Passport 8010 switches with the
version 3.7.13.0 of the software.
For information on network adapter cards supported refer‘APA Support Matrix’ at http://
www.hp.com/products1/serverconnectivity/adapters/apa_overview.html
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.
Interoperability with HP Serviceguard
For this release of HP APA, to use link aggregates and failover groups (LAN_MONITOR mode) with
HP Serviceguard, you must use HP Serviceguard version A.11.17.01 or later.
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.
14 Compatibility and installation requirements