Remove a PCIe Card Carrier

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The SPARC T7-4 server supports single-wide and double-wide card carriers. The removal steps are the same for both carrier types. This topic includes illustrations only for the single-wide carrier.

Note - If you are installing a PCIe card that requires a double-wide carrier, you must remove two adjacent PCIe card carriers.

Caution - This procedure requires that you handle components that are sensitive to electrostatic discharge. This discharge can cause failure of server components.

Note - Removing PCIe card carriers while the server is at the OpenBoot prompt is not supported. The server must be either powered off, or booted into the Oracle Solaris OS.

Take the necessary ESD precautions.
See Prevent ESD Damage.
Locate the PCIe card carrier at the rear of the server.
See Determine Which PCIe Card Is Faulty to locate a faulty PCIe card.
Determine if you are removing a PCIe card carrier from a running server.
- If you are removing a PCIe card carrier from a server that is running (that is, if you are hot-plugging the PCIe card), go to Step 4.
- If you are removing a PCIe card carrier from a powered-down server, go to Step 5.

Take one of these actions to bring the PCIe card offline.
- Press the ATTN button to take the card offline. The Power OK LED should go off, indicating that the card is ready to be removed. Go to Step 5.
- Use the hotplug command to bring the card offline:
  1. List all devices in the device tree, including PCIe cards:
```
# hotplug list -cv
```
    This command lists dynamically reconfigurable hardware resources and shows their operational status. In this case, look for the status of the PCIe card you plan to remove. This information is listed in the State column.
    
    For example:
```
# hotplug list -cv
Connection           State           Description
______________________________________________________________________________
PCIE1                EMPTY           PCIe-Native
...
PCIE7                ENABLED         PCIe-Native
 Device                     Usage
 ___________________________________________________________________________
 SUNW,qlc@0                 -
 fp                         -
 disk                       -
 fp@0,0                     -
 SUNW,qlc@0,1               -
 fp                         -
 disk                       -
 fp@0,0                     -
PCIE13               EMPTY           PCIe-Native
PCIE15               EMPTY           PCIe-Native
```
  2. Bring the PCIe card offline.
    For example:
```
# hotplug disable PCIE7
```
  3. Verify that the PCIe card status is PRESENT.
    For example:
```
# hotplug list -cv PCIE7
Connection           State           Description
______________________________________________________________________________
PCIE7                PRESENT         PCIe-Native
```
  4. Verify that the card's green Power OK LED is off.
- Use the cfgadm command to bring the card offline:
  1. Use the cfgadm -al command to list all devices in the device tree, including PCIe cards:
```
# cfgadm -al
```
    This command lists dynamically reconfigurable hardware resources and shows their operational status. In this case, look for the status of the PCIe card you plan to remove. This information is listed in the Occupant column.
    
    For example:
```
Ap_id                       Type         Receptacle   Occupant        Condition
PCI-EM0                     sas/hp       connected    configured      ok
PCI-EM1                     sas/hp       connected    configured      ok
...
```
  2. Take the PCIe card offline:
```
# cfgadm -c disconnect Ap-id
```
    where Ap-id is the ID of the card that you want to remove.
  3. Verify that the card's green Power OK LED is off.

Disconnect any cables connected to the PCIe card.
Tip - Label the cables to ensure proper connection to the replacement PCIe card.
Pull the PCIe card carrier handle down to disengage the carrier from the card cage.
Remove the PCIe card carrier from the server.

SPARC T7-4 Server Service Manual

Remove a PCIe Card Carrier

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