Extra APA lan interfaces

[Shane Russell]

Hi,

I am using APA on my HP-UX 11.11 server dean.

APA is working perfectly but I am trying to figure why the extra APA lan interfaces lan901, lan902, lan903 & lan904 are appearing in the lanscan output?

root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d # uname -a
HP-UX dean B.11.11 U 9000/800 853835324 unlimited-user license

root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d # swlist | grep -i auto
J4240AA B.11.11.07 Auto-Port Aggregation Software

I have two add-in cards that I have aggregated ... lan2 & lan3 as lan900

root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d # ioscan -fClan
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===================================================================
lan 0 0/1/2/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A6825-60101 PCI 1000Base-T Adapter
lan 1 0/4/2/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A5230A/B5509BA PCI 10/100Base-TX Addon
lan 2 0/5/2/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A5230A/B5509BA PCI 10/100Base-TX Addon
root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d #

root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d # ll hpbtlanconf
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 1305 Feb 1 2005 hpbtlanconf

HP_BTLAN_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan1
HP_BTLAN_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=0x110a80710e
HP_BTLAN_SPEED[0]=100FD

HP_BTLAN_INTERFACE_NAME[1]=lan2
HP_BTLAN_STATION_ADDRESS[1]=0x110a806136
HP_BTLAN_SPEED[1]=100FD

root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d # ll hp_apaconf
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 5693 Jan 24 2005 hp_apaconf

HP_APA_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan900
HP_APA_LOAD_BALANCE_MODE[0]=LB_MAC
HP_APA_GROUP_CAPABILITY[0]=5
HP_APA_HOT_STANDBY[0]=off
HP_APA_KEY[0]=
HP_APA_MANUAL_LA[0]="1,2"


root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d # ll hp_apaportconf
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 3600 Jan 24 2005 hp_apaportconf

HP_APAPORT_INTERFACE_NAME[1]=lan1
HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE[1]=MANUAL
HP_APAPORT_INTERFACE_NAME[2]=lan2
HP_APAPORT_CONFIG_MODE[2]=MANUAL

root@dean:/etc/rc.config.d # lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/1/2/0 0x00306EF4ECB8 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg0 0x00110A80710E 900 UP lan900 snap900 5 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg1 0x000000000000 901 DOWN lan901 snap901 6 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg2 0x000000000000 902 DOWN lan902 snap902 7 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg3 0x000000000000 903 DOWN lan903 snap903 8 ETHER Yes 119
LinkAgg4 0x000000000000 904 DOWN lan904 snap904 9 ETHER Yes 119

My question is ... why are lan901, lan902, lan903 & lan904 showing up in the lanscan output

regards,
Shane

[Eric SAUBIGNAC]

Bonjour Shane,

How to say ? That is just a normal behavior : as soon APA is installed, lanscan will show lan900 to lan904 in lanscan's output. Even if none of those interfaces are configured.

May be there is a way to modified this, but as it has never been a problem for me, I never took time to search.

Eric

[Torsten.]

They are listed in lanscan by default (see above) and not in ioscan, because they are virtual.

[Shane Russell]

Thanks for taking the time to respond guys.

That's fine ... I just wanted to clarify why there were there.

Thread closed

regards,
Shane

[Shane Russell]

Thread closed.

Thanks guys