Compatibility and Installation Requirements

Required Patches

HP APA requires the following patch:

You can download patches from the following website:

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

Operating System and Version Compatibility

This release is specific for HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31.20).

Hardware Requirements

This version of HP APA runs on HP Integrity servers with the HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31.20) 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:

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:

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.