HP UX Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Software manual Using the lanadmin Command

4 Using the lanadmin Command

You can use the lanadmin command to administer HP APA. The command enables you to do the following tasks from the command line:

•Display HP APA settings (-xoption (lowercase x) with options)

•Change the HP APA configuration temporarily (-Xoption (uppercase X) with options) You can also use lanadmin interactively.

CAUTION: The lanadmin command does not preserve changes across reboots. Use SAM or edit the configuration files to permanently save the changes.

NOTE: HP APA also requires that you configure your switches' trunking mode (AUTO or

MANUAL) to match the mode being used on the server: Cisco's Fast EtherChannel (FEC), IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), or MANUAL mode.

Table 4-1summarizes the lanadmin options and their use.

Table 4-1 Summary of lanadmin -x and -X Options

Option	Link/Port	-X(Set Options)	-x(Display Options)
	Specific
-a	Link	Add ports to a link aggregate.	N/A
-c	Link	Clear a link aggregate (remove all ports).	N/A
-d	Both	Delete ports from link aggregate.	N/A
-g	Port	Set the group capability.	Display the group capability.
-h	N/A	Display help.	Display help.
-H	N/A	Display extended help.	Display extended help.
-i	Port	N/A	Display link aggregate port status.
-k	Port	Set the LACP_AUTO Administrative Key.	Display the LACP_AUTO Administrative
			Key.
-l	Link	Set the load distribution algorithm.	Display the load distribution algorithm.
-m	Link	N/A	Display link aggregate status.
-n	Port	N/A	Display status of all APA capable ports.
-o	Link	Clear data flows for link aggregates.	N/A
-p	Port	Set the port mode.	Display the port status.
-q	Port	N/A	Display the extended port status.
-s	Port	Set the LACP_AUTO port system priority.	Display the LACP_AUTO port system
			priority.
-t	Port	Set the port priority.	Display the port priority.
-v	Link	N/A	Display status for a specific link aggregate.
-y	Link	Turn Hot Standby on or off	Display Hot Standby status.
vmtu	Link	N/A	Display the TSO status of link aggregate or
			failover group.

This chapter describes the lanadmin command set options and display options, and provides command-line and interactive examples.

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