Use the Network Interfaces Configuration tool of SMH to create a
failover group. To invoke SMH, follow the instructions in “Administrative Methods”. See the same section
for alternatives to using SMH.
Complete the following steps:
Click Create Failover
Group on the APA main page to open the Create
Failover Group page as shown in Figure 3-12.
Select a Link Aggregate
Instance, or accept the default. If you select a different
value, the display refreshes.
Select a Failover
Policy, if you do not want to accept the default. If you
select a different value, the display refreshes.
Select the ports to include
in the failover group.
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Enter a Priority, if you are creating a failover group with a priority-based failover
policy.
Enter a Cost, if you are creating failover group with a cost-based failover policy.
Click Advanced
Parameters to display additional failover group parameters.
Enter the failover group parameters you want.
Select the Configuration
Options you want.
Click OK to create a failover group and set the attributes. An Operation
Successful page appears, confirming the creation of the failover group
and the updating of the APA configuration.
Click OK. The APA main page displays, showing the newly created failover
group.
By default, SMH changes the current APA configuration
and saves the information and APA configuration to the /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf, /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaportconf, and /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii files, which maintains the
Create Failover Group changes across reboots.
After you configure the failover group, configure
an IP address to enable it. See “Configuring an IP Address” for more information.
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