Interface Card OL* Support Guide

6. Choose one of the following options:
• To bring the card online now, click Bring Card Online.
The following actions start:
— The target slot is powered on.
— The target slot green power LED is set to steady ON.
— The card and device drivers are bound to the target slot.
— The amber attention LED is set to steady OFF.
These events activate the target card and bring it online in the target slot.
When the system finishes bringing the card online, a confirmation page displays. Click
Done to return to the OLRAD Cards tab. The card you added is listed in the target slot
with the updated information.
For more information, see “Bringing a Card Online” (page 51) for screen image.
If an error occurs, see “Messages from pdweb Actions” (page 77) for additional
information.
• To bring the card online later, click Defer.
You return to the OLRAD Cards tab. The target slot is updated to reflect that it is
suspended. To bring a deferred card online, see “Bringing a Card Online” (page 51)
procedure to complete this process.
Replacing a Card Online
You can replace an existing card in a slot that is capable of OL* card replacement.
IMPORTANT: Online replacement (OLR) of a LAN card in a Serviceguard cluster fails because
the Critical Resource Analysis (CRA) performed as part of the OLR operation returns
CRA_SYS_CRITICAL. You will encounter this problem whether you use the Peripheral Device
Tool (pdweb) or the HP-UX olrad command.
To fix this problem, apply patch PHNE_35894.
NOTE: You can apply patch PHNE_35894 without a reboot.
On a system to which patch PHNE_35894 has been applied, you will be able to perform online
replacement of hot-swappable cards (without bringing down the cluster). For detailed information,
see “Replacing LAN or Fibre Channel Cards” in chapter 8 of Managing Serviceguard, available at
http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html#Serviceguard.
NOTE: If for some reason you need to proceed without patch PHNE_35894, you must follow the
“Off-Line Replacement” procedure under “Replacing LAN or Fibre Channel Cards” in chapter
8 of Managing Serviceguard.
For more information about this issue, see SR # 8606472298 (JAGag27186).
IMPORTANT: A replacement card must use the same drivers as the existing card. For example,
you cannot replace a LAN card with a SCSI card.
Before beginning, familiarize yourself with the OL* concepts in “How the pdweb Tool Works”
(page 26).
IMPORTANT: Do not attempt to physically replace a card before beginning the replace process
in pdweb. You will be prompted to replace the card in the target slot at the appropriate point in
the process.
To replace a card, follow these steps:
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