Dynamic Reconfiguration For Hot-Pluggable System Boards; I/O+ Boards; Gbic - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 3500 System Reference Manual

4.5 Dynamic Reconfiguration for
Hot-Pluggable System Boards
If the dynamic reconfiguration feature is enabled in the operating environment,
service providers can install, remove, or replace a hot-pluggable system board
without powering down the system. For the Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, and Solaris 8
Operating Environments, dynamic reconfiguration applies to specific types of
boards in the Sun Enterprise 3x00. For instructions, refer to the Sun Enterprise
6x00,5x00,4x00, and 3x00 Systems Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide included in the
online AnswerBook2 for your Solaris Operating Environment or refer to the
docs.sun.com web site for more information on dynamic reconfiguration.
4.6

I/O+ Boards

Enterprise 3500 systems support three types of I/O+ boards: SBus+ I/O board with
100 MByte/second Fibre Channel, Graphics+ I/O board with 100 MByte/second
Fibre Channel, and PCI+ I/O board. Each board has three LEDs that provide board
status codes (
4.6.1

GBIC

Each SBus+ and Graphics+ I/O board provides mounting for two GBIC interfaces. A
GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter) is a hot-pluggable unit that converts any of the
standard Fibre Channel connectors and signaling technologies. The GBIC Fibre
Channel referred to in this manual is 100 Mbytes.
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Chapter 4 I/O+ Boards and Components 4-5