How to Prepare the PCIe Interface for Hot Removal

Before You Begin

• Perform this procedure before hot removing a NEM.

• For hosts in the chassis running Oracle Solaris 10 OS 09/10 or later, the hotplugd(1M) daemon must be started before attempting to initiate a hot-plug action.

1. Check to see if there is an Ethernet interface associated with the NEM on the server module. Perform the action associated with the appropriate operating system.

   The following table lists the supported operating system types, the command or action required to view the Ethernet interfaces, and the name of the Ethernet device.

   
   

   Operating System Command or Action Ethernet device name Solaris ifconfig -a | grep hxge hxge (associated with Virtualized M2 NEM MAC address) Linux ifconfig -a | grep eth eth (associated with Virtualized M2 NEM MAC address) Windows Click the “Safely Remove Hardware” icon on the lower right task bar. Sun Blade 6000 10Gbe Networking Controller

   If the output does not show any Ethernet interface associated with the NEM that you want to remove, there is no existing interface. Proceed to one of the following procedures:

   • Removing a NEM

   • Replacing a NEM

   If the output shows an Ethernet interface associated with the NEM to be removed, go to Step 2.

2. Disable all interfaces between the blade and the NEM. Perform the action associated with the appropriate operating system.

   The variable x in the commands in the table represents the Ethernet instance number found in Step 1.

   
   

   Operating System Commands or Action Solaris ifconfig hxgex down ifconfig hxgex unplumb Linux ifconfig ethx down Windows Double-click the Safely Remove Hardware icon at the lower right of the Windows taskbar. The Safely Remove Hardware dialog appears. Select the Sun Blade 6000 10 Gbe Networking Controller and click Stop. Click Close to finish. The NEM(s) can be safely removed.

3. Repeat Step 1 to make sure that the Ethernet interface targeted in Step 2 is disabled.
4. Proceed with one of the following procedures:

   • Removing a NEM

   • Replacing a NEM