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.” Network traffic is load balanced across all of the links in the
aggregation, which allows you to build large bandwidth logical links
into the server that are highly available and completely transparent
to the client and server applications.
In addition, HP APA provides automatic link failure
detection and recovery, and optional support for load balancing of
network traffic across all of the links in the aggregation.
HP APA supports HP Serviceguard with certain conditions.
See the HP Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Administrator's
Guide for more information.
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HP APA supports the creation of failover groups
(link aggregates in LAN_MONITOR mode), providing a failover capability
for links. In the event of a link failure, LAN Monitor automatically
migrates traffic to an available, standby link (port or link aggregate)
in the failover group. Failover groups do not support HP Serviceguard.
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