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Online Addition/Replacement (OLA/R) of PCI I/O cards, Step 9.

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Installing Additional Components Installing Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Cards Step 9. For deskside enclosure configurations, replace the deskside enclosure cover. Step 10. Power the server on. Step 11. Use the server firmware in io command to verify the PCI cards are recognized by the server. If AUTOBOOT is ON, it will be necessary to interrupt the boot process to get to the server firmware Main Menu: Enter command or menu > prompt. Step 12. Boot HP-UX and run the ioscan utility to verify the system recognizes the new PCI card. Online Addition/Replacement (OLA/R) of PCI I/O cards Beginning with HP-UX 11i (11.11) rp54xx Servers support the on-line addition and replacement of PCI I/O cards. In order for this high availability feature to be fully implemented, the following server requirements must be met: • rp5400A/rp5450A firmware must be later than 40.26 (rp5400B/rp5450B/rp5470A firmware will support OLA/R upon its release). • HP-UX operating system must be 11i (11.11) or later. There is a bit that the HP-UX operating system examines to determine if the server hardware and firmware is capable of OLA/R. This bit is controlled by server firmware. If the bit is ON, OLA/R is possible (when requirements have been met). The bit was mistakenly set to ON for all rp5400 and rp5450 revision A (rp5400A and rp5450A) servers. As a result, HP-UX may incorrectly identify these models as being OLA/R capable. In order to avoid this confusion, verify that the correct level of server firmware is installed. 22 Chapter 1

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Installing Additional Components
Installing Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Cards
Chapter 1
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Step 9.
For deskside enclosure configurations, replace the deskside enclosure cover.
Step 10.
Power the server on.
Step 11.
Use the server firmware
in io
command to verify the PCI cards are recognized by the server. If
AUTOBOOT is ON, it will be necessary to interrupt the boot process to get to the server firmware
Main Menu: Enter command or menu >
prompt.
Step 12.
Boot HP-UX and run the
ioscan
utility to verify the system recognizes the new PCI card.
Online Addition/Replacement (OLA/R) of PCI I/O cards
Beginning with HP-UX 11i (11.11) rp54xx Servers support the on-line addition and replacement of PCI I/O
cards. In order for this high availability feature to be fully implemented, the following server requirements
must be met:
•
rp5400A/rp5450A firmware must be later than 40.26 (rp5400B/rp5450B/rp5470A firmware will support
OLA/R upon its release).
•
HP-UX operating system must be 11i (11.11) or later.
There is a bit that the HP-UX operating system examines to determine if the server hardware and firmware
is capable of OLA/R. This bit is controlled by server firmware. If the bit is ON, OLA/R is possible (when
requirements have been met). The bit was mistakenly set to ON for all rp5400 and rp5450 revision A
(rp5400A and rp5450A) servers. As a result, HP-UX may incorrectly identify these models as being OLA/R
capable. In order to avoid this confusion, verify that the correct level of server firmware is installed.