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Installing a Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter:
Attention: The Linux operating system does not support these hot-plug procedures. Also, Linux does not
support hot-plugging any hot-pluggable PCI adapters. Systems with Linux installed on one or more
partitions must be shut down and powered off before replacing any PCI adapter assigned to a Linux
partition. Follow the non-hot-pluggable adapter procedures when replacing a PCI adapter in any partition
with Linux installed.
Note: Before installing a new adapter, ensure the device driver for the adapter is installed. Check with the
system administrator if the device driver is not already installed.
To install an adapter, perform the following steps:
1. Install the new adapter into a PCI adapter cassette, see "PCI Adapter or Blank Filler Removal from a
Cassette Assembly" on page 62.
2. Log in as root user. If the system is a partitioned system, log in as root user on the partition that has
the adapter assigned to it.
3. At the command line, type smitty.
4. Select Devices.
5. Select PCI Hot Plug Manager.
6. From the PCI Hot-Plug Manager menu, select Add a PCI Hot-Plug Adapter and press Enter. The
Add a Hot-Plug Adapter window displays.
7. See the PCI Adapter Placement Reference, order number SA38-0538, for adapter placement
information. Select an empty PCI slot for the adapter.
8. Select the appropriate empty PCI slot from the ones listed on the screen, and press Enter.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the adapter until the visual indicator (LED) for the
specified PCI slot is set to the Action state.
10. Install the new adapter in the adapter slot by performing the following:
a. Lower the black handle completely.
b. Push the locking bar until you hear a clicking sound.
c. Hold the assembly straight on and level with the slot.
d. Align the bottom edge of the PCI cassette cover with the PCI adapter guide rail on the I/O
backplane.
Note: If there is a cassette to the left of the one you are installing, align the ridge on the cover
with the "tick" in the notch of the neighboring cassette.
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