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UMESH KUMAR_2
Occasional Advisor

APA Configuration

Hi,

I need help for configuring the APA.

INTERFACE_NAME[4]=lan4
IP_ADDRESS[4]=10.174.0.104
SUBNET_MASK[4]=255.255.255.240
BROADCAST_ADDRESS[4]=10.174.0.255
INTERFACE_STATE[4]=up

INTERFACE_NAME[8]=lan8
IP_ADDRESS[8]=10.174.0.120
SUBNET_MASK[8]=255.255.255.240
BROADCAST_ADDRESS[8]=10.174.0.255
INTERFACE_STATE[8]=up

Above are my lan cards which are planned for aggregation. The purpose is for redundancy ( no interruption to the network evenif one card fails). I want to know, whether we need to remove the ip's assigned to both the cards and then assign different ip to the aggregated port(lan900).

And how about LAN MONITORING ? Do we need to configure that also for the failover mode ?

Awaiting for the reply. Thanks in Advance.
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Jupinder Bedi
Respected Contributor

Re: APA Configuration

yes , you have to remove these ip from these interfaces and put the cards in the aggregration. Lan monitoring is not compulsury . if you will simply configure the APA it will also work.
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UMESH KUMAR_2
Occasional Advisor

Re: APA Configuration

Thanks for the reply. Can you pls give the configuration parameters for /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaportconf, /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf and /etc/rc.config.d/netconf.

My IP for the aggregation is 10.174.0.104
UMESH KUMAR_2
Occasional Advisor

Re: APA Configuration

Is it possible to configure Both Load Balancing and Fail Over at a time. If so, pls send the procedure
Sachin Kumbla
Frequent Advisor

Re: APA Configuration

Hi


Both Load balacing & Failback caanot be implemented together.

Go for failback method i.e. hot standby mode.
You have activate the mode.
you can easily configure it through sam.

Regds.,
Sachin Kumbla
R.K. #
Honored Contributor

Re: APA Configuration

Hi Umesh,

You can follow the attached procedure.

Regds..
Don't fix what ain't broke
R.K. #
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Re: APA Configuration

Sorry, forgot to attach.

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UMESH KUMAR_2
Occasional Advisor

Re: APA Configuration

Hi RK,

Thanks for your reply. So If I want to configure APA for fail over, could you pls confirm that the following will be the procedure.

edit /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaportconf

HP_APAPORT_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan1
HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE[0]=LAN_MONITOR
HP_APAPORT_INTERFACE_NAME[1]=lan2
HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE[1]=LAN_MONITOR

and assign permanent IP address to lan900 in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf.

If this is the case, then what should be the entry in /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf file ?

Thanks in Advance
R.K. #
Honored Contributor

Re: APA Configuration

I guess, it should be something like

----
HP_APA_START_LA_PPA=900
HP_APA_DEFAULT_PORT_MODE=MANUAL
----

Rest looks ok.
Don't fix what ain't broke
UMESH KUMAR_2
Occasional Advisor

Re: APA Configuration

Fine. Then whats the difference in giving the mode as Manual or FEC_AUTO