Interface Card OL* Support Guide

Chapter 5
Comparing and Combining OL* Methods
Comparing OL* Methods
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Adding a Card
Figure 5-1 Add Card Methods Comparison Flowchart
1. This assumes that all other activity related to the card has already been performed, such as the drivers
have been installed.
2. The system will perform a CRA, and if the CRA detects a critical resource associated with the card, the
CRA will fail, which will cause the OL* operation to fail.
This shows a condensed version of the Power LED behavior. For systems with a heavy load occurring at the
same time as an OL* event, you may see slightly different LED sequences.
OFF
Prerequisite Condition = Drivers for card installed
Start state =
OFF
OFF
Push Attention Button
Blink
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
Blink
OFF OFF
OFF
OFF Blink
Select Slot
Add Card Online
[Run CRA]
[Power Off]
or
olrad -q
olrad -a slot_id
Perform CRA
2
[Bring Card Online]
[Done]
Confirm Power &
Attention LED Off
Install Card
1
Confirm Power LED OFF
& Attention LED Blink
Install Card
1
olrad -A slot_id
Push Attention Button
again within 5 seconds
ON
[Cancel] or [Done]
olrad
pdweb
Attention Button
OFF
Green
Power LED
Amber
Attention LED