User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections
Replacing Devices
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Replacing Devices
The QLA2xxx adapter’s driver does not automatically purge a device that has been
physically removed nor delete a device that is no longer accessible because of
errors or failure. The driver keeps the device in its database and marks it as invisible.
The driver adds a new device to the database, even if the device is inserted in the
same slot as a removed device.
With the SANblade Manager GUI, you can delete a removed device’s data from the
driver's database and assign an inserted device the same slot as the one that it
replaces.
NOTE: The SANblade Manager replacing devices feature is available only on
Windows NT/2000 and Novell NetWare systems. It is not available on
Red Hat Linux and Solaris SPARC systems (the Device Replacement
button appears dimmed on the Utilities tabbed page).
Perform the following steps to replace an inactive device with an active device and
save the information to the driver database:
1. From the SANblade Manager main window HBA tree, select the adapter.
2. Click the Utilities tab. The Utilities tabbed page displays (see figure 7-15).
Figure 7-15. Utilities Tabbed Page
Click the Device Replacement button.