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Table A-1 summarizes the capabilities of HP APA and LAN Monitor.

Table A-1 HP APA and LAN Monitor Capabilities

 

FEC_AUTO, LACP_AUTO, MANUAL[1] Modes

LAN_MONITOR Mode

Integration with HP Serviceguard in MANUAL,[1] FEC_AUTO, and LAN_MONITOR Modes Only

Minimum Number of Ports per Link Aggregate
FEC_AUTO (1)
LACP_AUTO (1)
MANUAL (1)
22
Maximum Number of Ports per Link Aggregate
FEC_AUTO (8)[2]
MANUAL (8)[2]
LACP_AUTO (32)
324
Active Ports per Link Aggregate
MANUAL (HS) (1)
Others (N/A)
1
MANUAL (HS) (1)
LAN_MONITOR (1)
Others (N/A)
Standby Ports per Link Aggregate
MANUAL (HS) (0 - 7)
Others (N/A)
1 - 31
MANUAL (HS) (1 - 3)
LAN_MONITOR (1 - 3)
Others (N/A)
Maximum Number of Link Aggregates per System

50

5050
Load Balancing (LB) or Hot Standby (HS)
FEC_AUTO (LB)
LACP_AUTO (LB)
MANUAL (LB and HS)

HS

MANUAL (LB and HS) [3]
FEC_AUTO (LB)
LAN_MONITOR (HS)
MIB Monitor SupportYesYesYes
Buses

PCI

PCI

PCI

Links[4][5]

100BT, Gigabit

100BT, Gigabit, 10 GbE Fiber[6]

100BT, Gigabit, 10 GbE Fiber (LAN_MONITOR)

Workstation SupportYesYesYes
Switches and Hubs

See “Supported Switches”

See “Supported Switches”

See “Supported Switches”

Starting PPA#

900[7]

900[7]

900[7]

HP Serviceguard Version

A.11.15

A.11.15

A.11.09
Configuration Methods

SAM or edit files

lan*conf commands

Edit files

Instant IgnitionYesYesN/A
Full and half-duplex[8]

Yes[5]

Yes

Yes

[1] MANUAL mode: Can be Load Balancing or Non-Load Balancing

  • Load Balancing: MAC, IP, or LB_PORT algorithm

  • Non–Load Balancing: Hot Standby mode

[2] For HP-UX 11.0 and 11i v1, the maximum is 4.

[3] Load Balancing is configurable for outbound traffic on Ethernet links only.

[4] Links must be of the same speed and type (100Base-T or 1000Base-T).

[5] LACP requires full duplex (FD) operation of the links.

[6] You cannot reset the speed, duplex mode, or MTU size over a link aggregate.

[7] For HP-UX 11.0, the starting number is 100.

[8] This is for the total of link aggregates and failover groups combined.

 



Reporting Problems
  		 


Appendix B HP APA Configuration Files  
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