HP AutoPort Aggregation

[samuel thompson_1]

Lan cards were configured to connect at 100/FD when used alone on system. Installed HP Auto Port Aggregation software, and placed both cards into aggregate lan900. Both cards had to be configured as MANUAL. Problem is that now when I reboot system both cards revert to the default Autonegotiate 100/HD. Need them to come up 100/FD. Is there some way to change the HP default config for lan cards to Full duplex instead of Half duplex. I'm sure there are some people that use Half duplex, I just don't know anyone.

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Samuel,

Depending on the card type, there will be a file in /etc/rc.config.d - named like hpbase100conf or hppci100conf or such that can be edited to *lock* these values at boot time.
Run
ioscan -fnC lan
and note the driver the cards are using as that will determine which file to use.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Sridhar Bhaskarla]

Hi,

Depending on the interface type (pci, hsc etc), edit the corresponding /etc/rc.config.d/hp*type*conf and add the following entry

HP_PCI100_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan900
HP_PCI100_SPEED[0]=100FD

In the above example, you are using PCI interfaces and the configured APA interface is lan200.

-Sri

[Uday_S_Ankolekar]

The files re in /etc/rc.config.d directory ,

Run ioscan -fnkC lan , this will list your lan cards.
Then change the approprate file

for example etc/rc.config.d/hpbase100conf file:

HP_BASE100_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan0
HP_BASE100_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=0x108319e192
HP_BASE100_SPEED[0]=100FD

Goodluck..
-USA..

[Gavin Clarke]

I logged a call like this for our 10.20 machine

They advised me to put a line in:
/etc/rc.config.d/hpbasetconf
DUPLEX=100FD

I've looked on our 11.0 box and there's a similar file
/etc/rc.config.d/hpbtlanconf with a comment about changing things with lanadmin....


Hmmmm, I'm rambling I'll write again when I know what I'm talking about.

[Gavin Clarke]

There's a setting in /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaportconf

HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE[0]=MANUAL

Does this have anything to do with it?

There's more in /etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf, that's another one with warning don't touch it all over it though.

Can you tell I'm new to APA?

[eran maor]

Hi

you will need to config the config file of the lan , find out what is the driver with the command : ioscan -fnkClan
see the driver that you are working .

change the config file :
driver /etc/rc.config.d/

btlan0 hpeisabtconf

btlan hpbtlanconf

btlan1 hpbasetconf

btlan3 hpbase100conf

btlan4 hpgsc100conf

btlan5 hppci100conf

btlan6 hpsppci100conf

and put over there :
form hpbasetconf

HP_BASET_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan0
HP_BASET_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=
HP_BASET_SPEED[0]=100FD

also check the switch that are config at 100FD and not auto-didect

[monasingh_1]

Full duplex part can be taken care of by rc.config.d config files as mentione in the previous posts.. For many cards you can also use SAM to force it to FUL Duplex, But I think after configuring autoport aggregation your only option may be files editing..

one more thing, I just want to know if you got autoport aggregation free or you paid for the license. ~3 years ago I used it on K460 and I got that free from app cd, but now it seems to be a licensed product. Can you please let me know..

[rick jones]

The default for a 100BT NIC under HP-UX is actually to autonegotiate. If the other side is hardcoded (say to full), autoneg (by spec) fails, and (again by spec) the interface is required to fall-back to half-duplex operation - the assumption being that a station that cannot autoneg probably cannot do full-duplex - that it is old legacy equipment.

The "MANUAL" setting in the APA config files has nothing (iirc) to do with the duplex settings on the physical NICs. It relates instead to the aggregation protocol that will (or will not) be used on the aggregate. More on APA can be found in the online docs at http://docs.hp.com/ - perhaps even stuff that will correct things I've said here :)

My _personal_ suggestion is that unless you have a priori knowledge that the NICs in your system cannot autoneg with your switch(es) that you use autoneg everywhere instead of hardcoding. However, if you do need to hardcode, you must hardcode everytyhing everywhere to the same values, or some helpful person neatening-up the cables in the wiring closet will ruin your whol network.