Compaq ProLiant 1000 PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment - Page 5

PCI Bus Numbering in a Microsoft Windows NT Environment 5 PCI Hot Plug Terminology Table 2 lists some terms related to PCI Hot Plug Terminology; however, this is not a complete list. The terms described here are those that relate to Hot Plug capabilities experienced in this document. Table 2. PCI hot plug standard terms *Hot Add The ability to add existing PCI controllers and drivers to next generation controllers and drivers while a system is running, without shutting down the system. Hot Plug Aware Indicates that a piece of software, such as a device driver, can take advantage of the PCI Hot Plug capabilities of a system. Hot Plug Slot A PCI slot capable of being powered down without interfering with the other slots in the system, and without shutting the system down. Hot Replacement The ability to remove PCI controllers from a system while the system is running and replace them with equivalent PCI controllers, without removing power to the server and without reconfiguring or reloading software support. *Hot Upgrade The ability to upgrade existing PCI controllers and drivers to next generation controllers and drivers while a system is running, without shutting down the system. PCI Hot Plug The ability to physically insert or remove industry-standard PCI adapters while the system is running without disrupting the operation of other devices in the system. * Not available in initial release of PCI Hot Plug technology for Windows NT PCI System Overview This section reviews some of the basics of buses including PCI architecture and bridged controllers, PCI BIOS, PCI bus numbering, PCI BIOS discovery, and configuration changes to the bus numbering. 13UK-1200A-WWEN