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HP Auto Port Aggregation Administrators Guide Page Table of Contents 105 113 129 119127 Vlan over a Failover Group List of FiguresVlan over a Link Aggregate List of Tables List of Examples About This Document Intended AudienceNew and Changed Information in This Edition Document Organization Typographic Conventions Related Information Publishing History HP Encourages Your CommentsPage Link Aggregate IntroductionConceptual Overview Load Balancing Failover Group Proactive Failover TCP Segmentation Offload Vlan Support HP System Administration Manager Interoperability with HP ServiceguardAdministrative Methods Lanadmin Command Manually Editing Configuration Files Hardware Requirements Installing the APA SoftwareInstallation Requirements Installing the Software Verifying the InstallationOperating System Requirements Software Requirements If nothing is displayed, rebuild the kernel Removing the SoftwareOutput similar to the following displays Page Enterprise Intranet Client/Server Environment Configuring APAHP APA Configuration Examples Internet or Large Enterprise Environments Using Routers Configuring APA Sample Router and Server Configuration No Switch Sample Router and Server Configuration Switch Server-to-Server Back-to-Back This configuration has the following characteristics Hot Standby for High Availability Server-to-Server with Switch Not Recommended Sample Hot Standby Configuration for High Availability HP APA 2-4 Port Link Aggregation Switch Failover Group Using Link Aggregates Sample Failover Group Lanmonitor Configuration Preparing for Configuration Sample Failover Group Using Link Aggregates Configuration HP APA Configuration Worksheet Aggregate Instance Number Mode Failover PolicyInstance Number HW Path Link Aggregate Advanced Parameters PriorityCost Load Distribution Algorithm Failover Group Advanced Parameters Configuring a Link Aggregate Configuring an Fecauto Mode Link AggregateRapid ARP Interval Rapid ARP Count 10 Displaying Link Aggregates Click Advanced Options to display window similar to Figure 12 Link Aggregate Advanced Options 14 Modify Network Physical Port Attributes This window, make the necessary changes and click OK 16 Status of Configured Link Aggregate is UP Using SAM to Configure a Manual Mode Link Aggregate 18 Link Aggregate with Configured IP Address 19 Link Aggregates Supporting HP APA 21 Modify Network Physical Port Attributes 23 Configuring Link Aggregates 25 Adding Ports to or Deleting Ports from Link Aggregate Configuring a Failover Group 27 Configured Link Aggregates Display Configuring an IP Address Configuring the Link PartnerConfiguring HP Serviceguard Verifying the Configuration What Happens During Start Up? What Happens During Start Up? Page Using the lanadmin Command Summary of lanadmin -x and -X Options Displays the -Xand -xoptions help screen Set OptionsWhere Lloadbalancealgorithm linkAggregatePPA Display Options Displays the help screen KportPPA lnyLinkAggregatePPA NanyLinkAggregatePPA Invoking lanadmin from the Command Line Following option is supported, but with a different meaning Configuring an Fecauto Mode Link Aggregation using lanadmin Lanadmin -X -a 6 7 8 9 Using lanadmin Interactively Change ports lan1 and lan2 mode to Fecauto LAN Interface Status Display Partner Page Logging Messages to the syslog.log File Administering HP APAModifying HP APA Global Parameters Administering HP APA Examples Viewing HP APA Statistics Example 5-1 Sample Link Aggregate 32-Bit Statistics Example 5-2shows 64-bit MIB statistics Troubleshooting HP APA Solving HP APA ProblemsOperation Getting Started # /sbin/init.d/hplm stop # /sbin/init.d/hpapa stop No # lanscan Solving Link Aggregate Problems Manual Mode Complete the following steps # arp hostname Appears to hang, complete the following steps Solving Link Aggregate Problems Lacp Mode If the port is not in Lacp mode, possible reasons are HP APA Set the key value and mode with the following commands Complete the following steps # ifconfig interface-name up Solving Link Aggregate Problems FEC Mode If the port is not in FEC mode, possible reasons are Network is unreachable Complete the following steps Solving Failover Group Problems If the port is not in Lanmonitor mode, possible reasons are # lanadmin -r portPPA # lanqueryconf -s # lanapplyconf Complete the following steps Troubleshooting Tools Overview and Usage Testing Access to Internet Network Hosts Scanning the System Hardware Nettl Tracing and Logging Tool Example 6-1 Sample ioscan -f Output To stop Ciscos FEC tracing, enter To stop Lacp tracing, enter Reporting Problems Gathering Information Reporting Problems Page Product Specifications Table A-1 HP APA and LAN Monitor CapabilitiesPage HP APA Configuration Files HP APA uses the following configuration filesPorts mode is set to the value Hpapaconf File Configure a link aggregate for Hot Standby mode. This Permissible values are on and off. The default is offText might cause errors. This does not apply to HP APA Only. Directs APA how to set up the Lacp Hpapaportconf File Lanconfig.ascii File Example B-1 Sample lanconfig.ascii Configuration File Name format is lan9XX, where XX is a decimal number Name of the system as obtained by gethostname. ThisMust be the first line in the file Specify a name for each LAN Monitor failover group on Lanconfig File 104 Editing Files for MANUAL, FECAUTO, or Lacpauto Mode Configuring HP APA by Editing FilesEditing Configuration Files for Link Aggregates Fecauto Port Configuration Mode Activate the new configuration by entering Editing Configuration Files for Failover Groups Activate the configuration by entering Example Configuring a Failover Group Edit the file, if needed, and enter lancheckconf again # lanscan Proactive Failover Examples Edit the lanconfig.ascii configuration file Assign a priority to the aggregates Edit the configuration file Down VLANs over APA Using HP Procurve Switches Configuring VLANs over Link Aggregates Create the Vlan with ID 333 over lan900. Enter Configuring VLANs over Failover GroupsVerify that the Vlan with ID 333 is tagged to Trk3. Enter Figure D-2 Vlan over a Failover Group Tag Trk4 to VLANs 333 and 334. Enter Switch 1# show vlan Tag ports F17 and F18 to VLANs 333 and 334. Enter # lanadmin -V create vlanid 333 902 Successfully configured 118 Switch Configuration Information Alteon SwitchesCisco 6509 Switches Configuring a Single Port Displaying the Link Aggregation Creating an Lacp Link AggregationCreating an PAgP Link Aggregation Displaying a Port in a Link Aggregation Displaying More Lacp Information Extreme Switches Configuring HP APA Link AggregatesSave the configuration. Enter save Deleting a Link Aggregation Procurve Switches Configuring Lacp Link AggregatesProcurve 4000/8000 Procurve Procurve 9304/8 Enter the following TIP Enter command name ? to display the syntax for a command Following prompt displays Information similar to the following displays Save the configuration. EnterReboot the switch. Enter the following Administrative Glossary MAC Index CKO Firstapaport Firstlacpport Lbmac Index Vlan