Specifications

12 Software Installation and Removal HighWire MTP-2 - 1.2, September 4, 2002
2-2. Software Removal
1. Log in as root. You must have SuperUser privileges to install this
package.
2. Issue the Package remove command: pkgrm SBEhw
3. Answer “Y” to the following prompt:
The following package is currently installed:
SBEhw SBE HighWire, Solaris 8 Driver w/MTP2 service
Do you want to remove this package?
4. Answer “Y” to the following prompt:
Removing installed package instance <SBEhw>
This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user
permission during the process of removing this package [y,n,?,q]
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2-3. Hot Plug Overview
Hot plugging is the ability to physically add, remove, or replace system
components while the system is running. Dynamic reconfiguration, available
on certain SPARC servers, allows a service provider to remove and replace
hot-pluggable system I/O boards in a running system, eliminating the time lost
in rebooting.
Note that Hot Plug technology is a precursor of Hot Swap. In Hot Plug mode,
the hardware connection or disconnection has to be manually performed by
turning the corresponding slot on or off. The implementation is left to the
discretion of the system manufacturer. Under Solaris, the cfgadm command is
used to support Hot Plug.
See your SPARC hardware manufacturer's documentation to determine if your
system supports dynamic reconfiguration. SBE HighWire adapters are PCI
controllers that support hot-plugging. Refer to Solaris documentation
describing how to use the cfgadm command to hot-plug PCI controllers.
The SBE HighWire and LinkWARE software packages support Hot Swap and
Hot Plug. The HighWire adapters are PCI-compliant. Per Solaris
documentation, each piece of hardware that supports Dynamic
Reconfiguration (DR) must supply a hardware-specific library. The PCI
hardware specific library /usr/lib/cfgadm/pci.so.1 provides support for hot
plugging PCI adapter cards into PCI hot-pluggable slots in a hot plug capable
system, through cfgadm(1M). (System Ref: cfgadm_pci(1M))
Depending on the version of the boot eprom installed on the SBE HighWire
adapter, the board's cfgadm Type field may be either a network or a bridge.
# cfgadm
# pci_pci0:cpci_slot4 network/fhs connected configured ok