topic Re: Port Aggregation in Operating System - HP-UX

Port Aggregation

Asif_8 — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:14:30 GMT

Hi !

I have HPA5506B pc 10/100base TX 4 port Agggreator on server rp 2405 I want to install on rp5404
How to I installed
How to find out documents
thanks

Re: Port Aggregation

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:17:59 GMT

Re: Port Aggregation

G. Vrijhoeven — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 12:05:53 GMT

Hi,

If you allready installed it, you should be able to backup the apa config files. They are placed in /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apa* ( portconf and conf) the netconf (ipconfig)and the hpbtlanconf for same speed/duplex port settings. This in addition to the documents SEP was so kind to provide should get you started.

HTH,

Gideon

Re: Port Aggregation

Asif_8 — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:28:35 GMT

Gideon !
thanks
You mean pullout the card from rp2405 and put in rp5404 and copy backup configuration
please inform me in detail how to I do.

other question can I install same card on Sun solaris Machine E250

asif

Re: Port Aggregation

G. Vrijhoeven — Tue, 16 Mar 2004 16:25:29 GMT

Hi,

I am at home so check the syntax and the filenames. I can not verify it.
In the apaconfig and the netconf and the hpbtlanconf files the lan numbers are provided. lan0 lan1 etc. These lan settings can be different if you pull them out of a server and place them in an other server. You can use the lanscan command to find out the new lan numbers and alter them in the config files. In the netconf file you also have the ip-config. If you want to change that do it.
Possible steps

1. shut down old server.
2. pull out the cards,
3. install apa software (codewords/licentions needed copy /var/adm/sw/.codewords old server) the server will need to reboot, you could alter /var/adm/sw/defaults reboot_cmd=" shutdown -h"
4. put in the cards and boot the new server.
5. copy the config files to /etc/rc.config.d/ and alter them ( lanscan and ipconfig)
6. start apa. /sbin/init.d/hpapa start

done.
I do not know if this can work with SUN. you could try it, it is PCI.

HTH,

Gideon

Re: Port Aggregation

Asif_8 — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 10:34:14 GMT

Hi Gideon !

Thanks again.. what I undersatnd this is way
move port agg to one machine to other
I have time why not i installed port agg. from begining. this is not good option

Re: Port Aggregation

G. Vrijhoeven — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 12:53:53 GMT

Hi again,

If you have the time i would install and configure it from the beginning. That way you are sure you understand how it is configured.
I think the documents provided by SEP should get you started. And you have the old config file to fall back on.

Succes!

Gideon