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  • Compaq ProLiant 6500 | PCI Hot Plug Technology - Page 1
    Control 6 Adapters and Device Drivers 7 Compatibility Issues 7 Conclusion 7 ... PCI Hot Plug Technology As an increasing number of companies migrate their business-critical applications to industry-standard servers, the need for high-availability technology and describes Compaq's strategy for
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    with any federal state or local requirements. Compaq, Contura, Deskpro, Fastart, Compaq Insight Manager, LTE, PageMarq, Systempro, Systempro/LT, ProLiant, TwinTray, ROMPaq, LicensePaq, QVision, SLT, ProLinea, SmartStart, NetFlex, DirectPlus, QuickFind, RemotePaq, BackPaq, TechPaq, SpeedPaq
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    the system provide uninterrupted service. PCI Hot Plug technology adds to other high-availability solutions presently available from Compaq such as Recovery Server Options, Redundant Netelligent Network Interface Controllers (NICs), hotpluggable power supplies, hot-pluggable fans, and hot-pluggable
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    into further high-availability advancements. With the ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000 servers, Compaq delivered the first Pro-Log Corporation; The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. (SCO); and Texas Instruments Incorporated. Efforts of the workgroup allowed a quick release of the PCI Hot Plug Specification
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    • Developed the Compaq ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000, announced in August 1997, as the first available server platforms conforming to the PCI Hot Plug Specification and added nextgeneration PCI Hot Plug features to Pentium II Xeon Models of the ProLiant 7000 announced in June 1998. Compaq is in
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    to the server or other active adapters. • Power. The controller receives a command from the OS to power up or power down a single PCI slot. To perform this function, the controller uses the slot-specific power control. The slot-specific power-control electronics allow the proper power sequencing on
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    for the enterprise. PCI Hot Plug offers unprecedented server availability by allowing users to replace, upgrade, and add PCI adapters to the PCI local bus without powering down the server. With the release of the ProLiant 6500 and ProLiant 7000, Compaq made the chassis and electronics design changes
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ECHNOLOGY
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June 1998
Compaq Computer
Corporation
ECG Technology
Communications
C
ONTENTS
Introduction
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Three PCI Hot Plug
Capabilities
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3
Synergistic High-
Availability Techniques
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3
PCI Hot Plug: Compaq
Strategy
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Progress Toward an
Industry Standard
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Summary of PCI Hot
Plug
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System Hardware
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System Software
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Hardware and Software
Control
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Adapters and Device
Drivers
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Compatibility Issues
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Conclusion
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PCI Hot Plug Technology
As an increasing number of companies migrate their business-critical applications to
industry-standard servers, the need for high-availability solutions to minimize system
downtime is increasing.
Compaq, the world’s leading server provider, has historically
taken a leadership role in developing industry-standard technologies.
With the
development of PCI Hot Plug technology, Compaq strengthens its role in providing high-
availability solutions for the enterprise.
This technology brief summarizes the PCI Hot Plug technology and describes Compaq’s
strategy for developing and standardizing this technology.
Please direct comments regarding this communication to the ECG Technology Communications Group at this Internet address: