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HP Part Number: J4240-90041

Edition: February 2007, E1207

Published: December 2007

© Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

Table of Contents

About This Document
1 Introduction
Conceptual Overview
Link Aggregate
Failover Group
TCP Segmentation Offload
VLAN Support
Interoperability
Administrative Methods
HP System Management Homepage
nwmgr Command
Manually Editing Configuration Files
2 Installing the APA Software
Installation Requirements
Product Dependencies
Hardware Requirements
Operating System Requirements
Installing the Software
Verifying the Installation
Removing the Software
3 Configuring APA
HP APA Configuration Examples
Enterprise Intranet Client/Server Environment
Internet or Large Enterprise Environments Using Routers
Server-to-Server (Back-to-Back)
Hot Standby for High Availability
Server-to-Server with Switch (Not Recommended)
Failover Group
Failover Group Using Link Aggregates
Preparing for Configuration
Link Aggregate Advanced Parameters
Failover Group Advanced Parameters
Configuring a Link Aggregate
Configuring a Failover Group
Configuring an IP Address
Configuring the Link Partner
Configuring HP Serviceguard
Creating VLANs Over APA
Verifying the Configuration
What Happens During Start Up?
4 Administering HP APA
Modifying a Link Aggregate
Modifying a Failover Group
Deleting a Link Aggregate
Deleting a Failover Group
Displaying the Current APA Configuration
Displaying the Link Aggregate Details
Modifying HP APA Global Parameters
Performing Critical Resource Analysis
Stopping FEC or LACP Protocol
Logging Messages to the syslog.log File
Examples
Viewing HP APA Statistics
Monitoring HP APA Statistics
5 Using the nwmgr Command
nwmgr Overview
HP APA Tasks and the nwmgr Command
Displaying HP APA Configuration Information
Creating a MANUAL Mode Link Aggregate
Deleting an HP APA Interface
Resetting a Data Flow
Task Comparison with Other LAN Commands
6 Troubleshooting HP APA
Operation
Getting Started
Solving HP APA Problems
Solving Link Aggregate Problems (MANUAL Mode)
Solving Link Aggregate Problems (LACP Mode)
Solving Link Aggregate Problems (FEC Mode)
Solving Failover Group Problems
Troubleshooting Tools Overview and Usage
Testing Access to Internet Network Hosts
Scanning the System Hardware
nettl Tracing and Logging Tool
Reporting Problems
Gathering Information
A Product Specifications
B HP APA Configuration Files
hp_apaconf File
hp_apaportconf File
lanconfig.ascii File
C  Configuring HP APA by Editing Files
Editing Configuration Files for Link Aggregates
Editing Files for MANUAL, FEC_AUTO, or LACP_AUTO Mode
Editing Configuration Files for Failover Groups
D VLANs over APA Using HP Procurve Switches
Configuring VLANs over Link Aggregates
Configuring VLANs over Failover Groups
E Switch Configuration Information
Alteon Switches
Cisco 6509 Switches
Configuring a Single Port
Showing a Single Port
Creating an LACP Link Aggregation
Creating an PAgP Link Aggregation
Displaying the Link Aggregation
Displaying a Port in a Link Aggregation
Displaying More LACP Information
Deleting a Link Aggregation
Extreme Switches
Configuring HP APA Link Aggregates
Configuring LACP Link Aggregates
Procurve Switches
Procurve 4000/8000
Procurve 4108
Procurve 9304/8
Glossary
Index

List of Figures

1-1 SMH Main Page
1-2 HP APA Main Page
3-1 Sample Enterprise Intranet Client/Server Configuration
3-2 Sample Router and Server Configuration (No Switch)
3-3 Sample Router and Server Configuration (Switch)
3-4 Sample Server-to-Server Configuration (Back-to-Back)
3-5 Sample Hot Standby Configuration for High Availability
3-6 Sample Server-to-Server Configuration with Switch (Not Recommended)
3-7 Sample Failover Group (LAN_MONITOR) Configuration
3-8 Sample Failover Group Using Link Aggregates Configuration
3-9 HP APA Configuration Worksheet
3-10 Create Link Aggregate Page
3-11 Operation Successful Page
3-12 Create Failover Group Page
4-1 Delete Link Aggregate Page
4-2 Operation Successful Page (Delete)
D-1 VLAN over a Link Aggregate
D-2 VLAN over a Failover Group

List of Tables

5-1 Legacy Commands and Corresponding nwmgr Commands
A-1 HP APA and LAN Monitor Capabilities
C-1 lan900 Events and Proactive Failover (Equal Network Costs)
C-2 lan900 Events and Proactive Failover (Unequal Network Costs)

List of Examples

4-1 Sample Link Aggregate 32-Bit Statistics
4-2 Sample Link Aggregate 64-Bit Statistics
4-3 Sample Link Aggregate 32-Bit Statistics Monitoring
5-1 nwmgr Output (No Options)
5-2 nwmgr Command Verbose Output (Failover Group)
5-3 nwmgr Verbose Output (Link Aggregate)
5-4 nwmgr All Attributes Output (Link Aggregate)
6-1 Sample ioscan –f Output
B-1 Sample lanconfig.ascii Configuration File
   


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