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Software interface, Removing a PCI card

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Activate PCI card in Cabinet w, IO Bay x, IO Chassis y, PCI Slot z? (Y/[N]) y Request to Activate PCI card sent to system. Check slot power LED. MP:CM> 4. Check that the slot power LED (found by looking down through top of chassis) is not blinking, indicating that the slot is powered. If the green LED is not on, the power to the slot is not on and the addition of the card failed. 5. Check the Windows Device Manager for the device just installed. If the device is not present, the addition failed. Software interface A software interface is not supported because Windows does not have a native interface for HP hot-plug additions. The Microsoft Add Hardware Wizard and Scan for hardware changes features are not sufficient to power and enable these cards. Removing a PCI card This section describes how to remove a PCI card (called a hot-plug deletion) on HP Integrity servers running Windows Server 2003. NOTE: The Windows software interface is the preferred method for hot-plug deletions. Use this method instead of the hardware interface. Software interface for all HP Integrity servers except Superdome To perform hot-plug deletions using the server software interface for all HP Integrity servers except Superdome, do the following: 1. Request that Windows remove the hardware by clicking the Safely Remove Hardware launch icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. Windows notifies you when it is safe to remove the card. NOTE: If you remove the card before notification from Windows that it is safe to do so, a machine check abort (MCA) occurs. 2. Open the manual retention latch (MRL). 3. Remove the card. 4. Close the MRL. Software interface for Superdome servers To perform hot-plug deletions using the Superdome software interface, do the following: 1. Request that Windows remove the hardware by clicking the Safely Remove Hardware launch icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. Windows notifies you when it is safe to remove the card. NOTE: If you remove the card before notification from Windows that it is safe to do so, a machine check abort (MCA) occurs. 2. Remove the card. Hardware interface for all HP Integrity servers except Superdome To perform hot-plug deletions using the server hardware interface for all HP Integrity servers except Superdome, do the following: 74 Performing hot-plug operations

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Activate PCI card in Cabinet w, IO Bay x, IO Chassis y,
PCI Slot z? (Y/[N]) y
Request to Activate PCI card sent to system. Check slot power LED.
MP:CM>
4.
Check that the slot power LED (found by looking down through top of chassis) is not blinking,
indicating that the slot is powered. If the green LED is not on, the power to the slot is not
on and the addition of the card failed.
5.
Check the Windows Device Manager for the device just installed. If the device is not present,
the addition failed.
Software interface
A software interface is not supported because Windows does not have a native interface for HP
hot-plug additions. The Microsoft Add Hardware Wizard and Scan for hardware changes features
are not sufficient to power and enable these cards.
Removing a PCI card
This section describes how to remove a PCI card (called a hot-plug deletion) on HP Integrity
servers running Windows Server 2003.
NOTE:
The Windows software interface is the preferred method for hot-plug deletions. Use
this method instead of the hardware interface.
Software interface for all HP Integrity servers except Superdome
To perform hot-plug deletions using the server software interface for all HP Integrity servers
except Superdome, do the following:
1.
Request that Windows remove the hardware by clicking the
Safely Remove Hardware
launch icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. Windows notifies you when it is safe
to remove the card.
NOTE:
If you remove the card before notification from Windows that it is safe to do so, a
machine check abort (MCA) occurs.
2.
Open the manual retention latch (MRL).
3.
Remove the card.
4.
Close the MRL.
Software interface for Superdome servers
To perform hot-plug deletions using the Superdome software interface, do the following:
1.
Request that Windows remove the hardware by clicking the
Safely Remove Hardware
launch icon in the bottom right corner of the screen. Windows notifies you when it is safe
to remove the card.
NOTE:
If you remove the card before notification from Windows that it is safe to do so, a
machine check abort (MCA) occurs.
2.
Remove the card.
Hardware interface for all HP Integrity servers except Superdome
To perform hot-plug deletions using the server hardware interface for all HP Integrity servers
except Superdome, do the following:
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Performing hot-plug operations