Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter
Before performing the following procedure, read “Safety Notices” on page vii.
The following hot-plug procedures take you through removing and replacing hot-plug
PCI adapters using software that presents procedures on your display. The LEDs on a
PCI adapter cassette are described in “I/O Subsystem PCI-X Slot LED Definitions” on
page 3.
Removing and Replacing a Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter
Note: Use this procedure only when you are replacing an adapter with an identical
adapter. If you are replacing an adapter with an adapter that is not identical to
the adapter removed, go to “Removing a Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter” on
page 67, and then to “Installing a Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter” on page 69.
To replace an adapter, perform the following steps:
1. Determine the slot from which you are removing the adapter.
2. Ensure that any processes or applications that might use the adapter are stopped.
Note: Removing a hot-pluggable PCI adapter requires the system administrator to
take the PCI adapter offline before performing any PCI adapter hot-plug
procedures. Before taking an adapter offline, the devices attached to the
adapter must be taken offline as well. This action prevents a service
representative or user from causing an unexpected outage for system
users.
For additional information about taking an adapter offline or removing it from
the system configuration, see the
AIX System Management Guide:
Operating System and Devices
.
Documentation for the AIX operating system is available from the IBM
Eserver pSeries Information Center at
http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/infocenter/base. Select AIX
documentation. The
AIX Documentation
CD contains the base set of
publications for the operating system, including system-management and
end-user documentation.
3. Log in as root user. If the system is a partitioned system, log in as root user on the
partition that has the adapter assigned to it.
4. At the command line, type smitty.
5. Select Devices.
6. Select PCI Hot Plug Manager.
7. Select Unconfigure a Device and press Enter.
8. Press F4 to display the Device Names menu.
9. From the menu, select the adapter you are removing.
10. Answer YES to Keep Definition. Press Enter.
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