HP UX Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Software manual What Happens During Start Up?

4.HP APA software starts

Cisco's FEC or IEEE 802.3ad LACP protocol is started on the ports that have been marked as such. No action is taken for the ports that have Cisco's FEC or IEEE 802.3ad LACP turned off.

5.LAN Monitor ASCII file is processed

Process /etc/lanmon/lanconfig.ascii to create failover groups. If this file has not been created, no action is taken.

After the system is up and running, you can distinguish a link aggregate from a normal (unaggregated) port by running the lanscan command. For more information, see “Verifying the Configuration” (page 47).

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