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The following table summarizes the features and characteristics of APA and LAN Monitor.

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HP apa (HP-UX 11.x) HP apa (HP-UX 11.x) Integration with mc/sg
Characteristics FEC_AUTO, LACP_AUTO,
MANUAL1 Modes		 LAN_MONITOR Mode MANUAL LACP_AUTO and LAN_MONITOR1 Modes only
Min# of ports / LinkAgg FEC_AUTO(1)
LACP_AUTO(1)
MANUAL(1)		 2 2
Max# of ports / LinkAgg FEC_AUTO(32)
MANUAL(32)
LACP_AUTO(32)		 32 4
Primary ports / LinkAgg N/A 13 Min (2) Max (8)
Standby ports / LinkAgg N/A 31 Min (1) Max (3)
Max# of LinkAggs / system 50 50 50
Load balancing(LB) or hot standby(HS) FEC_AUTO(LB)
LACP_AUTO(LB)
MANUAL(LB)		 LB2 (Ethernet only), and HS LB2 (Ethernet only), and HS
MIB monitor support Yes Yes Yes
Buses PCI, HSC, HP-PB, Core10/100/1000BT Core10/100BT PCI, Core10/100BT
Links 100BT, Gigabit 100BT, Gigabit, FDDI, TokenRing 100BT, Gigabit (alsoTokenRing & FDDI when MC/SG will coexist with LAN Monitor)
Platforms All All Platforms All platforms / No A-Class on Gigabit
Workstations support Yes Yes Yes
Switches/ hubs HP Procurve, Cisco, 3COM, Foundry,
Alteon and Nortel		 All Types HP, Cisco, 3COM, Foundry, Alteon
and Nortel
(Hot Standby Mode works with all types of switches/hubs)
Start PPA# 900-949 900-949 900-949
MC/SG version A.11.15 A.11.15 A.11.15
SAM / CLI SAM/lanadmin/lanscan/lan*conf
SMH/nwmgr (11iv3) 		lan**conf commands SMH/Nwmgr (11iv3) N/A
OLAR Future Feature Future Feature Future Feature
EMS Future Feature Future Feature Future Feature
Instant ignition Yes Yes N/A

 1. MANUAL mode: can be Load Balancing or Non-Load Balancing:

  • Load Balancing: MAC, IP, or CPU algorithm
  • Non-Load Balancing: Hot Standby mode (deprecated).

 2. Load Balancing is configurable on Ethernet links only.

 3. The Primary can be only either one port or one LinkAgg and the Hot Standby can be up to 31 ports. If the Primary is a LinkAgg, then this LinkAgg can consist of ports configured using LACP (max of 32 ports), PAgP (max of 32 ports) or Manual mode (max of 32 ports). The maximum number of ports per link aggregate is limited by the maximum number of ports that a switch can have in a trunk.
   
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