Removing A Hot-Pluggable Pci Adapter - IBM eServer p Series Installation Manual

Removing a Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter

To remove a hot-pluggable adapter, do the following:
1. Ensure that any processes or applications that might use the adapter are stopped.
Note: Removing a hot-pluggable PCI adapter requires the system administrator to
2. Refer to "PCI Hot-Plug Manager Access" on page 33, and follow the steps in the
access procedure to select PCI Hot Plug Manager. Then return here to continue.
3. Select Unconfigure a Device and press Enter.
4. Press F4 to display the Device Names menu.
5. Select the adapter you are removing from the menu.
6. If you are replacing an adapter with an identical one, answer YES to Keep
Definition. If you are removing an adapter permanently, use the Tab key to
answer NO to Keep Definition. Press Enter.
7. The ARE YOU SURE screen displays. Press Enter to verify the information.
8. Press F3 to return to the PCI Hot-Plug Manager.
9. Select Replace/Remove a PCI Hot-Plug Adapter and press Enter. The
Replace/Remove a PCI Hot-Plug Adapter menu displays.
10. Move the cursor to select the adapter that you are removing and press Enter. (The
description entry displays as "unknown").
11. Press the tab key until the entry field displays the desired operation and then
Press the Enter key. Follow the instructions that display on the screen until you are
instructed to remove the adapter.
take the PCI adapter offline before performing any PCI adapter hot-plug
procedures. Before taking an adapter offline, the devices attached to the
adapter must be taken offline as well. This action prevents a service
representative or user from causing an unexpected outage for system
users.
For additional information about taking an adapter offline or removing it from
the system configuration, see the AIX System Management Guide:
Operating System and Devices . This publication is available at the following
Web address: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/aix/library/. Select Technical
Publications. This publication is also located on the AIX Documentation
CD. The documentation information is made accessible by loading the
documentation CD onto the hard disk or by mounting the CD in the
CD-ROM drive.
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