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Sun Fire 880 Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide

How to Remove a PCI Card

Note -

Internal access to the Sun Fire 880 system is restricted to qualified service personnel only. Installation procedures for internal components are covered in the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual, which is included on the Sun Fire 880 Server Online Documentation CD.

Caution - Caution -

Hazardous energy levels are present inside the system when the system remains connected to a power source, regardless of the keyswitch position. Also, hazardous energy levels are present in the system's batteries even when all AC power cords are disconnected. Be sure to follow the safety procedures in your system Owner's Guide or Service Manual.

Caution - Caution -

Avoid keeping doors open for extended periods of time while the system is operating. All doors must be closed to prevent automatic thermal shutdown.

Before You Begin

What to Do

  1. Open the appropriate side access door.

    See "How to Open the Side Access Doors" in the Sun Fire 880 Server Owner's Guide.

    If you are replacing a faulty card, a Fault LED inside the system illuminates to indicate which slot contains the faulty card. See "About Slot LEDs".

  2. Use a hot-plug push button or the cfgadm command to initiate the hot-plug operation.

    If you are located near the system, press the push button for the slot that contains the card to be removed.

    If you are working at a system console, enter the following cfgadm command and the attachment point ID for the card to be removed: 


    # cfgadm -c disconnect ap_id

    Note -

    You can also initiate hot-plug operations through a graphical user interface using a version of Sun Management Center software that supports DR operations. For more information, refer to the Sun Management Center Software User's Guide and the Sun Management Center Software Supplement for Workgroup Servers.

    The Fault LED for the slot blinks while the card is being unconfigured.

  3. When the OK-to-Remove LED illuminates, it is safe to remove the card from its slot.

    Refer to the Sun Fire 880 Server Service Manual for removal and replacement procedures. If the OK-to-Remove LED never turns on, the process has failed.

    Caution - Caution -

    Do not remove a card until the OK-to-Remove LED illuminates; otherwise, the system will crash.

    If a replacement card is not immediately available, you can leave the card in the system until a replacement arrives.

    Note -

    After removing a card, the DR software automatically executes the Solaris devfsadm command. The devfsadm command updates the /etc/path_to_inst file to remove any physical path names for devices associated with the card. The same path names are removed from the /devices hierarchy and associated links are removed from the /dev directory.

  4. If you unloaded any detach-unsafe drivers before removing a PCI card, reload any drivers that are required by other devices in the system.

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