Interface Card OL* Support Guide

Chapter 5
Comparing and Combining OL* Methods
Comparing OL* Methods
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Replacing a Card
Figure 5-2 Replace 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
OFF
Prerequisite Condition = Card uses same drivers as previous card
Start state =
Push Attention Button
OFF
ON
Blink
OFF
ON
OFF
Blink
OFF
Perform CRA
2
OFF
OFF
Push Attention Button
Blink
OFF
ON
OFF
OFF
Blink
OFF OFF
OFF
OFF Blink
Select Slot
Replace Card Online
[Run CRA]
[Power Off]
or
olrad -q
olrad -r slot_id
Perform CRA
2
[Bring Card Online]
[Done]
Confirm Power &
Attention LED Off
Replace Card 1
Confirm Power LED OFF
& Attention LED Blink
Replace Card
1
olrad -R slot_id
Push Attention Button
again within 5 seconds
Push Attention Button
again within 5 seconds
ON
[Cancel] or [Done]
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Attention Button
ON OFF
Green
Power LED
Amber
Attention LED