Adding A Pci Card; Hardware Interface For All Hp Integrity Servers Except Superdome; Pci Cards That Do Not Support Hot-Plug Addition - HP Integrity rx1620 Software Manual

NOTE: You cannot perform a hot-plug addition for some cards unless they replace the same
type card in the slot. You cannot hot-add them in a new installation. Although no damage to the
server occurs if you attempt a hot-plug addition with these cards, they will not function until
the next reboot. The following table lists the PCI cards that do not support hot-plug addition.
Table 4-1 PCI cards that do not support hot-plug addition
Hot-Plug Operation
Supported
hot-plug addition
(replace)
hot-plug addition (new)
In addition, rx3600 and rx6600 PCI Express-based Integrity servers have the following limitations
in hot-plug functionality:
• Hot-plug operations on PCI Express slots 3 and 4 are currently disabled.
• Regarding hot-plug operations on PCI-X slots 7, 8, 9, and 10: Doorbell functionality can be
intermittent. You must press the attention button until the power indicator LED is either
solidly on or off.

Adding a PCI card

This section describes how to add a PCI card (called a hot-plug addition) on HP Integrity servers
running Windows Server 2003.
Before performing hot-plug additions or deletions to HP Integrity servers, ensure the following:
• On HP Integrity rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, rx8640, and Superdome servers, you must install
the latest version of the OpRegion driver. This driver is not required on the rx4640 server.
• HP Integrity rx4640 server slots 2 to 3 and 4 to 5 are shared PCI hot-plug slots. For optimal
hot-plug operation, use the same type of PCI cards in these shared slots. For example, if a
PCI-X 133 MHz card is in slot 4, the insertion of a PCI 66 MHz card in slot 5 will fail because
the slot has been set at 133 MHz. However, if a PCI-X 66 MHz card is in slot 3, the insertion
of a PCI-X 133 MHz in slot 2 will be successful, although both cards will run at 66 MHz. The
rx7620 and rx8620 do not have shared slots and are therefore not subject to these restrictions.
• Ensure that the server has the latest version of the system firmware installed.

Hardware interface for all HP Integrity servers except Superdome

To perform hot-plug additions using the server hardware interface for all HP Integrity servers
except Superdome, complete the following steps:
1. Locate an empty slot.
2. If the power light is on for the slot, press the attention button to start the power-off sequence.
(If the power light is not on, you do not need to press the attention button.) The power LED
will blink for 5 seconds. While the power LED is flashing, you can cancel the power-off
sequence by pressing the attention button again.
72 Performing hot-plug operations
PCI CARD
SA6402 SA6404
Yes Yes
No No
SA5300 USB & VGA Graphics Combo Cards I
and II
(A6869A and A6869B)
Yes No
No No
No
No