https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nic-failover-how/m-p/3753810#M550654 Service Guard is going to be very expensive. I think APA is what you need. Take a look here:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA" target="_blank">http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA</A><BR /><BR /><BR />Pete Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:04:03 GMT Pete Randall 2006-03-17T14:04:03Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nic-failover-how/m-p/3753809#M550653 I come from a solaris background and have used IP Multipathing on my database servers to allow for automatic failover in the event of NIC/Cable/switch failure. How do I do the same thing under HP-UX 11.23? Web searches have found mentions of Service Guard and Auto Port Aggregation. I was hoping/expecting something free, but I could get management to (grudgingly) pay for this as well. Just a pointer to the appropriate product/documentation would help. Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:00:50 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nic-failover-how/m-p/3753809#M550653 Tim Lines 2006-03-17T14:00:50Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nic-failover-how/m-p/3753810#M550654 Service Guard is going to be very expensive. I think APA is what you need. Take a look here:<BR /><BR /><A href="http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA" target="_blank">http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA</A><BR /><BR /><BR />Pete Fri, 17 Mar 2006 14:04:03 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/nic-failover-how/m-p/3753810#M550654 Pete Randall 2006-03-17T14:04:03Z