Load balancing

[Fayez]

Hi,

We have rp7410 server with two ethernet card,
is there possibility to make them share the same IP address for load balancing purpose??

Thanks

[Jeff Schussele · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Yes you can use the HP product APA - Auto Port Aggregation - available here:

http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA

Note that's it's a purchased product & supports specific NICs & switches. So make sure you meet the requirements before you buy it.

HTH,
Jeff

[Simon Hargrave]

You want a product called APA (Auto Port Aggregation).

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

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi,

HP Auto Port Aggregation is a HP product for load balancing.

http://www.software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=J4240AA

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Geoff Wild]

Yes - get APA:

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

Rgds...Geoff

[Fayez]

Hi all,
Thank you for your replay...
it was helpful..

Thanks again....

[Brian Markus]

APA's not that hard to setup either. After install just edit two files. In my setup I bind lan1 and lan3 together into a virtual lan100. Here's how my config files looks:

/etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaconf

HP_APA_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan100
HP_APA_LOAD_BALANCE_MODE[0]=LB_CPU
HP_APA_GROUP_CAPABILITY[0]=5
HP_APA_HOT_STANDBY[0]=off
HP_APA_MANUAL_LA[0]=1,3

/etc/rc.config.d/hp_apaportconf

HP_APAPORT_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan1
HP_APAPORT_GROUP_CAPABILITY[0]=5
HP_APAPORT_PRIORITY[0]=0
HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE[0]=MANUAL

HP_APAPORT_INTERFACE_NAME[1]=lan3
HP_APAPORT_GROUP_CAPABILITY[1]=5
HP_APAPORT_PRIORITY[1]=0
HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE[1]=MANUAL

Hope this helps.

-Brian.