How to configure ethernet channel bonding in HP-UX 11.0 and 11i?

[Tom Kunkel]

Hi all.

My Linux, Netware and Windoze servers have their Ethernet adapters bonded in failover mode.

Any ideas on how you do this in HPUX 11.0 and 11i?

Help/advice appreciated.

[Orhan Biyiklioglu]

You need HP Auto Port Aggregation product

http://h20293.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA

hth

[Tom Kunkel]

Is that it? $1200 per server for something that other OS's provide as part of the kernel???

You must be joking!

So, here's another thought:

What if I were to set the same IP on both NICs? Any reasons why that should not work?

[Orhan Biyiklioglu]

AFAIK it is not possible

Check these threads:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=302587
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=97401
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=918212

hth

[Tom Kunkel]

That sucks.

[Tom Kunkel]

Having to pay for something that should be in the kernel sucks. I guess this gives me a stronger reason to move critical services off hpux then.

Thanks for your help.

[rick jones]

Tom - without additional scripting and perhaps some ndd fiddling, configuing multiple physical (as seen by the transport) NICs into the same subnet is not going to have desired results. And as already pointed-out, I'm pretty sure that HP-UX will not allow the same IP to be configured on multiple NICs.

As for the additional charge nature of APA, by all means bring that up with your sales rep or reseller and/or excercise your support contract to have an enhancement/defect filed against the base transport.

I'll note that at one point in time, just about all the NIC drivers present were not part of the base OS, but then in future releases they became part of the base OS. I cannot say that is planned for APA, but it would be good for folks to send their feedback on the topic through official channels.