Compaq 226824-001 - ProLiant - ML750 Setup And Installation Manual page 126

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To protect hardware investments, the Novell PCI Hot Plug architecture
leverages the modularity of NetWare to minimize the changes required of
third-party adapter board software. To take advantage of PCI functionality,
networking and storage device drivers must be written to current
specifications. The NetWare Peripheral Architecture (NWPA) specifies the
driver architecture for storage devices. The Novell Open Data-Link Interface
(ODI) specification documents the driver architecture for network devices.
Drivers that are compliant with these specifications will be compatible with
PCI Hot Plug and will continue to work in non-hot-plug environments.
Software Components
Novell uses a central component, the Novell Event Bus, to facilitate
communications between different software modules. The Event Bus is
implemented as a NetWare Loadable Module (NLM), allowing you to
implement PCI Hot Plug on existing versions of NetWare. Listed below are
the components of the PCI Hot Plug architecture for NetWare:
Novell Event Bus (NEB)


Novell Configuration Manager (NCM)


OEM Specific System Bus Driver (SBD)


Novell Configuration Manager Console (NCMCON)


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Installation tools
Installing PCI Support
Compaq provides PCI Hot Plug support for NetWare via Compaq Support Paq
for Novell NetWare.
For more information, refer to the PCI Hot Plug Administration Guide on the
Compaq Server Documentation CD, the NetWare online documentation, or the
Compaq white paper, PCI Hot Plug Expand Feature on Compaq Servers in
Novell NetWare Environments, located on the Compaq website:
http://www.compaq.com