Finishing Touches; Hot-Swappable" Pcie Card Installations - Magma EB7-X8G2 User Manual

Finishing Touches

After your system is working properly, replace any empty slots with slot covers, replace the host computer cover, and the
close the expansion chassis.

"Hot-Swappable" PCIe Card Installations

New PCI Express technology allows you to remove your 3
shutting down the system. The EB7-X8G2-RAS expansions system supports Hot Plugging/Hot Swapping of cards as defined
by the PCI express specifications.
By design, this feature allows the host PC to gracefully remove power to a slot, so that a PCIe card can be removed and
replaced. It then powers on the new card in coordination with the PC's operating system. By default, the EB7-X8G2-RAS
ships with this feature turned on.
IMPORTANT
For this feature to work, you need to install the Magma HotPlug software driver.
See Chapter 2
system.
IMPORTANT
There are cases in which you would wish to turn off this feature, especially if the
PCIe cards you plan on installing in the EB7-X8 chassis require or adhere to a
different timing budget than allowed in the PCIe specifications.
In order to turn off Hot-plug/Hot-swap, toggle the top actuator on the Chassis
Alternate Function DIP Switch
below:
If you have any doubts, please check with you card's vendor that no such
constrains exist for this card.
COMPATIBILITY ISSUE
A documented compatibility issue exists between an Apple's MacBook Pro
and G5 systems in conjunction with the EB7-X8G2-RAS chassis on which is
connected an ATTO Technologies' UL5D PCIe SCSI adapter. In this
configuration, the Hot Plug feature needs to be disabled, otherwise the
system won't boot.
Party PCIe cards for maintenance or replacement – without
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from its default right position to the left as shown
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