HP LH4r HP Netserver LXr 8000 Installation Guide - Page 66

Chapter 6 Installing Additional Boards Hot Replacement of Hot-Plug Boards NOTE Some full-length PCI cards have a plastic "handle" (board extender) on one end. If the board you are installing has one, you may need to remove the handle to make the board fit in the HP NetServer. To replace one PCI Hot Plug board with another while the server is running, you must: • Turn off power to the slot through your server's NOS. • Physically remove the hot plug board and replace it with another. This section tells how to physically remove the board and replace it with another identical board. This procedure includes instructions for using the PCI Hot Plug interface available to Windows NT 4.0 users. If you have a different NOS that supports hot-plug, refer to your NOS documentation. To perform a hot replacement of a PCI Hot Plug board: 1. Read the documentation that is included with the board. Note any anti-static precautions or other special instructions. 2. Remove the PCI Hot Plug access panel from the top of the server. This can be removed safely while the server is operating, and provides direct access to the Hot Plug slots. (See Chapter 3 for details.) There are two LEDs on the I/O baseboard next to each Hot Plug-capable slot. One of them is green when the slot is powered. At this point, the slot you will remove the board from should still be powered, and the green power LED should be lit. Check and make sure. 3. Through your NOS, turn off power to the slot holding the board you must replace. If you are a Windows NT 4.0 user, choose Programs from the Start menu, then select PCI Hot Plug from the Programs menu. A window like this one appears: 58