HP Integrity rx8640 and HP 9000 rp8440 Servers Installation Guide

The LOA card has specific slotting requirements that must be followed for full card functionality:
• Must be placed in a mode 1 PCI/PCI-X slot
• Must be placed in an I/O chassis with a functional core I/O card
• Must be only one LOA card in each partition
NOTE: HP recommends that you place the LOA card in the lowest numbered slot possible.
Downloading Drivers
The following website contains technical support for a wide range of HP Integrity servers, including
the capture of the latest drivers required for various hardware components. See this site regarding
necessary drivers for supported PCI cards.
See: http://www.hp.com/support/itaniumservers
PCI I/O OL* Card Methods
The following are three methods for performing OL* operations on PCI I/O cards:
pdweb The Peripheral Device Tool (pdweb) Web-based method of performing
OL*.
olrad The command-line method of performing OL*.
Attention button The hardware system slot based method of performing OL*.
Adding a PCI I/O Card Using the Attention Button
The following prerequisites for this procedure:
• Drivers for the card have already been installed.
• No drivers are associated with the slot.
• The green power LED is steady OFF. If the empty slot is in the ON state, use the olradcommand
or the pdweb tool to power the slot OFF.
• The yellow attention LED is steady OFF or is blinking if a user has requested the slot location.
• See the host bus adapter (HBA) documentation for details on card installation.
• Run the olrad -q command to determine the status of all the PCI I/O slots.
• Obtain a copy of the interface card guide for instructions on preparing the operating system
for the online addition of the PCI I/O card before attempting to insert a PCI I/O card into the
PCI-X card cage assembly backplane slot.
This procedure describes how to perform an online addition of a PCI card using the attention button
for cards whose drivers support online addition or replacement (OLAR). The attention button is also
referred to as the doorbell.
1. Remove the top cover.
2. Remove the PCI bulkhead filler panel.
3. Flip the PCI manual release latch (MRL) for the card slot to the open position. See Figure 30.
4. Install the new PCI card in the slot.
NOTE: Apply a slow, firm pressure to properly seat the card into the backplane.
5. Flip the PCI MRL for the card slot to the closed position.
CAUTION: Working out of sequence or not completing the actions within each step could
cause the system to crash.
Do not press the attention button until the latch (MRL) is locked.
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