HP AD279A PCI 64-Port Serial Multiplexer Installation Guide, September 2006

HP PCI 64-Port Serial Multiplexer Adapter Installation

On-Line Addition and Replacement (OLAR) Operation on HP-UX 11i v2 Systems

Chapter 1

The following output is displayed:

To replace the old adapter with a new adapter on a system that supports HP-UX 11i v1 operating system,

complete the following steps:

NOTE You can replace an adapter with a similar type of adapter. For example, you can replace

AD278A 8-port adapter with AD278A 8-port adapter only.

Step 1. Get the slot number where you want to insert the card by running the following command at the

command prompt:

$ /usr/bin/rad -q

All the slot IDs are displayed.

Step 2. Suspend the AD278A/AD279A adapter driver by the running the following command at the

command prompt:

$ /usr/bin/rad -s slot_id

Step 3. Power-off the supply to the selected slot by running the following command at the command

prompt:

$ /usr/bin/rad -o slot_id

Step 4. Remove the card from the slot that has to be replaced. Insert the new card manually in the slot.

Step 5. Power-on the slot by running the following command at the command prompt:

$ /usr/bin/rad -i slot_id

Step 6. Resume the AD278A/AD279A adapter driver by running the following command at the command

prompt:

$ /usr/bin/rad -r slot_id

On-Line Addition and Replacement (OLAR) Operation on HP-UX 11i

v2 Systems

On-Line Addition and Replacement (OLAR) of AD279A PCI MUX 64-Port adapter is supported on HP-UX 11i

v2 operating systems.