We had another window to test the AE and it turns out the my config was fine and is working
set interfaces ae3 aggregated-ether-options link-speed 100m
set interfaces ae3 aggregated-ether-options lacp active
set interfaces ae3 unit 0 family ethernet-switching vlan members default
set interfaces ge-0/0/28 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-0/0/28 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-0/0/29 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-0/0/29 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-1/0/28 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-1/0/28 ether-options speed 100m
set interfaces ge-1/0/29 ether-options 802.3ad ae3
set interfaces ge-1/0/29 ether-options speed 100m
The trick was the Unix administrator and I were not in sync. In order for this to work, the Unix admin had to stop the networking services for the HP APA. Next, I plugged in all the cables to the VC and set the config above. When I was finished the Unix admin started the services and it came up working.
In the previous attempt, I was testing and changing configs on my own and he was stopping and starting services on his own. Below is the output from the troubleshoot commands I found from the support site. Everything is good.
show lacp interfaces ae3
Aggregated interface: ae3
LACP state: Role Exp Def Dist Col Syn Aggr Timeout Activity
ge-0/0/29 Actor No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Fast Active
ge-0/0/29 Partner No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Slow Active
ge-1/0/28 Actor No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Fast Active
ge-1/0/28 Partner No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Slow Active
ge-1/0/29 Actor No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Fast Active
ge-1/0/29 Partner No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Slow Active
ge-0/0/28 Actor No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Fast Active
ge-0/0/28 Partner No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Slow Active
LACP protocol: Receive State Transmit State Mux State
ge-0/0/29 Current Slow periodic Collecting distributing
ge-1/0/28 Current Slow periodic Collecting distributing
ge-1/0/29 Current Slow periodic Collecting distributing
ge-0/0/28 Current Slow periodic Collecting distributing
monitor traffic interfaces ge-0/0/28
02:21:12.387010 In
Juniper PCAP Flags [Ext, In], PCAP Extension(s) total length 16
Device Media Type Extension TLV #3, length 1, value: Ethernet (1)
Logical Interface Encapsulation Extension TLV #6, length 1, value: Ethernet (14)
Device Interface Index Extension TLV #1, length 2, value: 25345
Logical Interface Index Extension TLV #4, length 4, value: 307
-----original packet-----
0:30:6e:1d:79:68 > 1:80:c2:0:0:2, ethertype Slow Protocols (0x8809), length 124: LACPv1, length 110
Actor Information TLV (0x01), length 20
System 0:30:6e:a:70:11, System Priority 0, Key 900, Port 2, Port Priority 0
State Flags [Activity, Aggregation, Synchronization, Collecting, Distributing]
0x0000: 0030 6e0a 7011 0384 0000 0002 3d00 0000
0x000f: 0214
Partner Information TLV (0x02), length 20
System 0:23:9c:a:25:0, System Priority 127, Key 4, Port 540, Port Priority 127
State Flags [Activity, Timeout, Aggregation, Synchronization, Collecting, Distributing]
0x0000: 0023 9c0a 2500 0004 007f 021c 3f00 0000
0x000f: 0310
Collector Information TLV (0x03), length 16
Max Delay 10000
0x0000: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
Terminator TLV (0x00), length 0 (=52)
0x0000: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x000f: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x001f: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
0x002f:
packet exceeded snapshot