The following sections provide a brief overview
of the methods for administering HP APA. HP recommends that you use
the System Administration Manager (SAM) whenever possible.
HP System Administration Manager |
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The HP System Administration Manager (SAM) enables you
to administer your HP-UX system locally via a graphical user interface
(GUI) and terminal user interface (TUI). SAM produces fewer errors
and saves your configuration data permanently so configuration does
not require a reboot to take effect. It is the recommended method
for configuring link aggregates.
In this manual, wherever SAM is mentioned in relation
to HP APA configuration tasks, it is presumed that you know how to
invoke it.
For more information about the System Administration
Manager, see sam(1M) and the online help.
lanadmin Command |
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You can also use the lanadmin command from the HP-UX command line to make changes to HP APA. By
default, those changes are not preserved across reboots. For more
information about the lanadmin command and using
it to administer APA, see lanadmin(1M) and Chapter 4, respectively.
Manually Editing Configuration Files |
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Some sections of this manual describe
the system files that are updated or modified when you perform an
administrative task. Experienced UNIX administrators might prefer
to administer their systems manually by editing these files, as opposed
to invoking the documented utility; however, HP strongly recommends
that you use SAM to update the system files.
In many cases, the SAM is the
best alternative to manually editing system files, thus it is the
utility that is most frequently discussed in this manual.
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