Chapter 4 Using the lanadmin Command

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You can use the lanadmin command to administer HP APA. The command enables you to do the following tasks from the command line:

Display HP APA settings (-x option (lowercase x) with options)
Change the HP APA configuration temporarily (-X option (uppercase X) with options)

You can also use lanadmin interactively.




	CAUTION: The lanadmin command does not preserve changes across reboots. Use SAM or edit the configuration files to permanently save the changes.




	NOTE: HP APA also requires that you configure your switches' trunking mode (AUTO or MANUAL) to match the mode being used on the server: Cisco's Fast EtherChannel (FEC), IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), or MANUAL mode.

Table 4-1 summarizes the lanadmin options and their use.

Table 4-1 Summary of lanadmin -x and -X Options

Option	Link/Port Specific	-X (Set Options)	-x (Display Options)
`-a`	Link	Add ports to a link aggregate.	N/A
`-c`	Link	Clear a link aggregate (remove all ports).	N/A
`-d`	Both	Delete ports from link aggregate.	N/A
`-g`	Port	Set the group capability.	Display the group capability.
`-h`	N/A	Display help.	Display help.
`-H`	N/A	Display extended help.	Display extended help.
`-i`	Port	N/A	Display link aggregate port status.
`-k`	Port	Set the LACP_AUTO Administrative Key.	Display the LACP_AUTO Administrative Key.
`-l`	Link	Set the load distribution algorithm.	Display the load distribution algorithm.
`-m`	Link	N/A	Display link aggregate status.
`-n`	Port	N/A	Display status of all APA capable ports.
`-o`	Link	Clear data flows for link aggregates.	N/A
`-p`	Port	Set the port mode.	Display the port status.
`-q`	Port	N/A	Display the extended port status.
`-s`	Port	Set the LACP_AUTO port system priority.	Display the LACP_AUTO port system priority.
`-t`	Port	Set the port priority.	Display the port priority.
`-v`	Link	N/A	Display status for a specific link aggregate.
`-y`	Link	Turn Hot Standby on or off	Display Hot Standby status.
`vmtu`	Link	N/A	Display the TSO status of link aggregate or failover group.

This chapter describes the lanadmin command set options and display options, and provides command-line and interactive examples.

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