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Online Add and Replacement (OLAR) of PCI Cards
Online Addition (OLA) for a PCI Card
HP System Partitions Guide: Administration for nPartitions, rev 5.1 385
Online Addition (OLA) for a PCI Card
This section describes the procedure for adding a new PCI card on an HP
nPartition server while HP-UX remains online and running.
WARNING When performing this procedure you must follow all server
power and safety guidelines and any related guidelines for rack
operation. Also follow all site safety, maintenance, and operating
procedures.
Failure to do so can result in personal injury or equipment
damage.
PCI Card Online Addition with SAM or Partition Manager
This procedure adds a new PCI I/O card to an empty slot in an nPartition
server while HP-UX remains running.
You can use either the System Administration Manager (SAM) or
Partition Manager tool to perform the main steps of this procedure.
CAUTION You must follow all site static-protection requirements to avoid
damaging equipment when using this procedure.
Step 1. Login to HP-UX running on the nPartition where the card that will be
added is to be installed.
You must login as root to perform this procedure.
Step 2. Launch either SAM or Partition Manager, if it is not yet running.
You can use either application when performing this procedure.
To run SAM, enter /usr/sbin/sam from the command line. You can run
SAM in either graphical (GUI) or text-only terminal mode.
To run Partition Manager either enter /opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr from
the command line or click the Partition Manager icon in the main SAM
area.