Installation guide

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ESCALA T610 and PL 600T Installation Guide
PCI Hot–Plug Manager Access
The installation instructions for hot–pluggable PCI adapters refer you to these procedures
when it is appropriate to perform them.
Note: A PCI adapter is only hot–pluggable if the PCI adapter is supported for hot–plug
applications. See the PCI Adapter Placement Reference, on Appendix C.
Accessing Hot–Plug Management Functions
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. This publication is also contained on the Hypertext Library CD. The
documentation information is made accessible by loading the documentation CD
onto the hard disk or by mounting the CD in the CD–ROM drive.
Use the following procedure to access the hot–plug menus:
1. Log in as root user.
2. At the command line, type smitty.
3. Select Devices.
4. Select PCI Hot Plug Manager and press Enter.
Note: The PCI Hot–Plug Manager menu displays. See the following for descriptions of the
menu options. Then return to the procedure that directed you here.
PCI Hot–Plug Manager Menu
The following options are available from the PCI Hot–Plug Manager menu:
Note: For information about the PCI slot LED states, see ”PCI Slot LED Definitions” on
page 3-7.
List PCI Hot–Plug Slots
Provides a descriptive list of all slots that support PCI hot–plug capability. If the listing for a
slot indicates it holds an ”Unknown” device, select the Install/Configure Devices Added
after IPL to configure the adapter in that slot.
Add a PCI Hot–Plug Adapter
Allows the user to add a new PCI hot–plug capable adapter to a slot with the system turned
on. You will be asked to identify the PCI slot that you have selected prior to the actual
operation. The selected PCI slot will go into the Action state and finally into the On state.
Note: The system will indicate the slot holds an ”Unknown” device until you perform the
Install/Configure Devices Added After IPL option to configure the adapter.
Replace/Remove a PCI Hot–Plug Adapter
Allows the user to remove an existing adapter, or replace an existing adapter with an
identical one. For this option to work, the adapter must be in the Defined state (see
”Unconfigure a Device” option below).
You will be asked to identify the PCI slot prior to the actual operation. The selected PCI slot
will go into the Action state.