Compaq ProLiant DL380 Generation 2 Setup and Installation Guide

Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
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Chapter 8
PCI Hot Plug Technology
The ProLiant DL380 Generation 2 server supports PCI Hot Plug technology.
This chapter provides a brief discussion of PCI Hot Plug technology. For more
information, refer to documentation that ships with your server.
PCI Hot Plug and the server’s operating system work together to allow the
following hot-plug actions:
■ Hot replacement of expansion boards—This feature enables you to
replace a failed expansion board with an identical expansion board
without powering down the server.
■ Hot addition of expansion boards—This feature enables you to install
new PCI expansion boards in previously empty slots without powering
down the server.
■ Hot upgrade of expansion boards—This feature enables you to replace
an expansion board with a different expansion board without powering
down the server.
PCI Hot Plug is backward compatible, and system components fit into one of
two categories: hot-plug aware or non-hot-plug aware. Your server must meet
the following criteria for PCI Hot Plug capability:
■ PCI Hot Plug device drivers (available from operating system vendors,
the SmartStart CD, and some individual hardware vendors)
■ PCI Hot Plug system hardware (available in this server)
■ Operating system with PCI Hot Plug support, listed on the Compaq FTP
site:
ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/os%20feature%20matrix%20103000.pdf