HP RP8400 with HPUX11.11 OS compatability with IEEE 802.3ad

[hmorrison]

HP RP8400Server rnning HPUX 11.11. Need to know if the IEEE 802.3ad card is compatabile with this server. Want to use the card to do network aggregation.

[NMory]

What type of card...Part number?

IEEE 802.3ad is a standard.

LN

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Two idess:
1) Look up the server in http://docs.hp.com
2) http://partsurfer.hp.com

SEP

[Bill Hassell]

Only HP I/O cards are compatible with the rp8400 so a non-HP card will very likely not have a driver. The 802.3ad standard defines LAN card aggregation which the HP product APA (Auto-Port Aggegregation) provides. APA is compatible with 802.3ad, also known as LACP protocol. Here is the document:

http://docs.hp.com/en/J4240-90033

[rick jones]

To expand on Bill's comment - and not just _an_ HP I/O cards - they must be cards actually sold for systems running HP-UX. Don't count on an "HP" card sold for a ProLiant to be claimed by the HP-UX drivers.