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.

Operating System and Version Compatibility

This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31.10).

Hardware Requirements

This version of HP APA runs on HP Integrity servers with the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31.10) 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
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.




	NOTE: HOT_STANDBY and LAN_MONITOR modes are both supported with all switches; however, HP strongly recommends using LAN_MONITOR mode.

The following network adapter cards are supported:

All HP PCI 10/100Base cards (both FX and TX)
All HP PCI 1000Base cards (both Base-T and SX)
All HP PCI-X 2-port Combination cards (network ports only)
PCI-X 10 GbE Fiber cards (failover groups only)

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.

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.