HP UX Auto Port Aggregation (APA) Software manual Product Specifications

A Product Specifications

Table A-1summarizes the capabilities of HP APA and LAN Monitor.

Table A-1 HP APA and LAN Monitor Capabilities

FEC_AUTO, LACP_AUTO,

MANUAL1 Modes

Minimum Number of	FEC_AUTO (1)
Ports per Link	LACP_AUTO (1)
Aggregate	MANUAL (1)
Maximum Number of	FEC_AUTO (8)2
Ports per Link	MANUAL (8)2
Aggregate	LACP_AUTO (32)
Active Ports per Link	MANUAL (HS) (1)
Aggregate	Others (N/A)
Standby Ports per	MANUAL (HS) (0 - 7)
Link Aggregate	Others (N/A)
Maximum Number of	50
Link Aggregates per
System
Load Balancing (LB)	FEC_AUTO (LB)
or Hot Standby (HS)	LACP_AUTO (LB)
	MANUAL (LB and HS)
MIB Monitor Support	Yes
Buses	PCI
Links45	100BT, Gigabit
Workstation Support	Yes
Switches and Hubs	See “Supported Switches”
	(page 19)
Starting PPA#	9007
HP Serviceguard
Version
Configuration	SAM or edit files
Methods
Instant Ignition	Yes
Full and half-duplex8	Yes5

LAN_MONITOR Mode	Integration with HP
	Serviceguard in MANUAL1,
	FEC_AUTO, LACP_AUTO,
	and LAN_MONITOR Modes
	Only
2	2
32	See “Interoperability with
	HP Serviceguard” (page 17)
1	MANUAL (HS) (1)
	LAN_MONITOR (1)
	Others (N/A)
1 - 31	MANUAL (HS) (1 - 3)
	LAN_MONITOR (1 - 3)
	Others (N/A)
50	50
HS	MANUAL (LB and HS) 3
	FEC_AUTO (LB)
	LACP_AUTO (LB)
	LAN_MONITOR (HS)
Yes	Yes
PCI	PCI
100BT, Gigabit, 10 GbE Fiber6	100BT, Gigabit, 10 GbE
	Fiber (LAN_MONITOR)
Yes	Yes
See “Supported Switches”	See “Supported Switches”
(page 19)	(page 19)
9007	9007
	See “Interoperability with
	HP Serviceguard” (page 17)
lan*conf commands	Edit files
Yes	N/A
Yes	Yes

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