Chapter 5 Pci Card Hot Maintenance In Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11; Hot Replacement Of Pci Express Cards; Overview Of Common Replacement Procedures For Pci Express Cards; Pci Express Card Replacement Procedure In Detail - Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Administration Manual

CHAPTER 5 PCI Card Hot Maintenance in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11

5.1 Hot Replacement of PCI Express Cards

CHAPTER 5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
This chapter describes hot maintenance of PCI cards in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11.
5.1 Hot Replacement of PCI Express Cards
This section describes the following methods of PCI Express card replacement with the PCI Hot Plug (PHP)
function:
- Common replacement operations for all PCI Express cards such as power supply operations
- Specific operations added to procedures to use a specified card function or a driver for installation.
Remarks
For details on the card replacement procedures not described in this chapter, see the respective product
manuals.
5.1.1 Overview of common replacement procedures for PCI Express
cards
This section provides an overview of common replacement procedures for all PCI Express cards.
1. Performing the required operating system and software operations depending on the PCI Express card
type
2. Powering off a PCI slot
3. Replacing a PCI card
This step is performed by the field engineer in charge of your system.
4. Powering on a PCI slot
5. Performing the required operating system and software operations depending on the PCI card type
Note
This chapter provides instructions (e.g., commands, configuration file editing) for the operating system and
subsystems. Be sure to refer to the respective product manuals to confirm the command syntax and impact
on the system before performing tasks with those instructions.
The following sections describe card addition, removal, and replacement with the required instructions (e.g.,
commands, configuration file editing) for the operating system and subsystems, together with the actual
hardware operations. Step 3 is performed by the field engineer in charge of your system.

5.1.2 PCI Express card replacement procedure in detail

This section describes how to replace a PCI Express card.
Preparing the software using a PCI Express card
When a PCI Express card is replaced or removed, there must be no software using the PCI Express card.
For this reason, before replacing or removing the PCI Express card, stop the software using the PCI Express
card or make the software operations inapplicable.
Confirming the installation of the PCI Hot Plug driver
The Hot Plug driver must be installed on the system before you hot plug individual cards.
Hot plug driver module for PCI Express cards: pciehp
Confirm the installation of the Hot Plug driver by using the following procedure.
1. Execute the lsmod command. Confirm that the PCI Hot Plug driver module is installed.
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