How to setup HP UX network chunking ?

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I have one HPUX host with two network adapter. That require to increase network throughput and a redundant net connection. How I to build that ?

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HP APA combines two to four physical link ports into one logical aggregation of links when you use FEC_AUTO or MANUAL link aggregation. This gives the link aggregation a theoretical bandwidth of four times that of a single physical link. When you use an LACP_AUTO link aggregation, you can have as many as 32 physical links in a link aggregation.



You can use 100BT or Gigabit devices in the link aggregation. However, all the devices in the link aggregation must be of one type: 100BT or Gigabit. And the physical devices in the link aggregation must be configured for the same speed and duplex. (Note: EISA 100BT devices are not supported.)

[watermelonyu]

First, pls check whether your server have the APA license as below,



#swlist|grep Auto

JXXXXXX B.11.11.07 Auto-Port Aggregation Software



If no, you can't use APA(Auto-Port Aggregation).

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曾經有人問過. 請參考LINK



http://h50163.www5.hp.com/TCForum/WebUI/Messages/ShowTopic.aspx?RID=983fa35e-9b15-4f28-9cb3-d2e3262371cd



Automatic Port Aggregation (APA). This is where

we aggregate the bandwidth of multiple LAN

interfaces into a single interface (called a

link aggregate or trunk) to increase the

overall bandwidth of a single LAN connection.

Servers that are experiencing large volumes of

traffic can benefit from this because we will

configure a single IP address that is used

effectively over multiple LAN interfaces. With

a link aggregate, we are providing a fat pipe

for high volume data transfers.



Important features of APA include automatic

link failure and recovery (good for high

availability solutions) as well as the optional

load balancing of traffic across all links in

the aggregate. Load balancing can be MAC-based,

IP-based, Port-based, or Hot Standby.

[watermelonyu]

Using lanadmin to Configure HP APA.

http://docs.hp.com/en/J4240-90031/ch07s01.html

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http://docs.hp.com/en/J4240-90031/ch03s01.html?btnNext=next%A0%BB



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Configuring HP APA Using SAM

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The GUI-based System Administration Manager (SAM) is the recommended method for configuring HP APA. SAM produces fewer errors and saves your configuration data permanently so configuration does not require a reboot to take effect.



SAM is supported on HP-UX 11.0, 11i v1, and 11i v2 for link aggregation.



SAM permanently saves HP APA configuration values in the following files:



/etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf



/etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaportconf

[watermelonyu]

如何設定 Auto Port Aggregation (APA) 功能

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=zh_TW&docId=200000072775454



將兩張網路卡設在同一個 APA Link Aggregate 中

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=zh_TW&docId=200000075237158



設定 APA 使 Link Aggregate 故障轉移到另一個 Link Aggregate

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=zh_TW&docId=200000072775454



在 Lan_Monitor (Failover) 模式中設定一條 APA Link Aggregate

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=zh_TW&docId=200000071276702



GO TO

http://www.hp.com.tw/itrc



Choose "搜尋技術智識庫"



swlist sample.



root@lab1# swlist J4240AA



# Initializing...

# Contacting target "lab1"...

#

# Target: lab1:/

#



# J4240AA B.11.11.07 Auto-Port Aggregation Software

J4240AA.HP-APA-KRN B.11.11.07 HP Auto-Port Aggregation/9000 APA kernel products.

J4240AA.HP-APA-LM B.11.11.07 HP Auto-Port Aggregation/9000 LM commands.

J4240AA.HP-APA-SAM B.11.11.07 HP Auto-Port Aggregation/9000 APA SAM product.

J4240AA.HP-APA-FMT B.11.11.07 HP Auto-Port Aggregation/9000 APA formatter product.

J4240AA.HP-APA-RUN B.11.11.07 HP Auto-Port Aggregation/9000 APA command products.



root@lab1#

[watermelonyu]

Windows 2000 有沒有 support 類似 HP-UX trunking 的功能呢?