User Service Guide, Fourth Edition - Server Expansion Unit

Chapter 5

Removal and Replacement

Removing and Replacing a PCI Card

The PCI cards are located in the rear of the chassis in the PCI card cage. PCI cards are hot-plug components.

CAUTION Observe all ESD safety precautions before attempting this procedure. Failure to follow ESD

safety precautions could result in damage to the SEU.

Figure 5-18 PCI Cards

Removing and Replacing a PCI Card

You can remove and replace a PCI I/O card, either by using the SAM application (/usr/sbin/sam), or by

using the Partition Manager (/opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr).

This procedure describes how to perform an online replacement of a PCI card using SAM, for cards that have

drivers support online add or replacement capability.

IMPORTANT Some PCI I/O cards cannot be added or replaced online while HP-UX remains running. For

these cards, you must shut down HP-UX on the nPartition before performing the card

replacement or addition. See “Shutting Down nPartitions and Powering Off Hardware

Components”.

Step 1. Run SAM (/usr/sbin/sam) and from the main SAM Areas screen select the

Peripheral Devices area,

then select the

Cards area.