HP UX Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Software Switch Configuration Information, Alteon Switches

E Switch Configuration Information

This appendix provides some information on how to configure the following switches for use with HP APA:

•Alteon

•Cisco

•Extreme

•Procurve

See your switch documentation for complete information.

Alteon Switches

Alteon switches have 8 ports. Fiber blades support 1500 and 9000 MTU (jumbo frames). The following interactive dialog describes how to establish a console connection:

switchname 1

Username>username 2

switchname(37)>> sh po all 3

switchname(37)>> c alteon1 4

Password: password 5

1	Open a Console window.	3	Find the service name.	5 Enter the administrator
2	Log in to the switch.	4	Link to the serial port.	password.

Cisco 6509 Switches

The throughput on the Cisco switch is different for fiber and copper ports. The fiber ports are fabric enabled. This means that they hand off frames to one another with a throughput of 256 Gb/s. This is the equivalent of 64 GigE cards continuously transmitting and receiving at their theoretical limits with no overhead. This section describes the following tasks:

•Configure a single port

•Show a single link

•Create an LACP link aggregation

•Create a PAgP link aggregation

NOTE: The information in this section pertains to Cisco IOS Version 12.2.

Configuring a Single Port

Router1#config term config command 1

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Ctrl+z

Switch1#interface gigabitethernet 9/5

Switch1(config-if)#switchport

Switch1(config-if)#no shutdown

Switch1(config-if)#end

1Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with Ctrl+z or end.

Showing a Single Port

Router1#show interface gigabitethernet 7/1 GigabitEthernet7/1 is up, line protocol is up (connected)

Hardware is C6k 1000Mb 802.3, address is 0001.63d1.6016 (bia 0001.63d1.6016) MTU 9000 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,

reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255

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