To Prepare the HBA for Hot-Plug Removal Using the Oracle Solaris OS

If you want to remove the HBA without first halting the operating system and removing power from the associated server blade, you can prepare the HBA for removal as follows:

1. Use the cfgadm -al command to identify the HBA to be removed.

   Ap_Id		Type			Receptacle				Occupant				Condition
   pcie5		ether/hp			connected				configured				ok
   pcie6		ether/hp			connected				configured				ok
   

2. Use the ifconfig command to identify the Ethernet ports on the HBA to be disconnected (or, use ifconfig -a to show the plumbed Ethernet ports).

   e1000g5: flags=201000803<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 1500 index 6
           inet 200.17.188.224 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 200.17.188.255
           ether 0:c0:dd:9:a9:7b 
   

3. Use the ifconfig e1000g5 unplumb command to disconnect the Ethernet ports on the HBA.
4. Use the cfgadm -c unconfigure command to unconfigure the attachment point ID (Ap_Id) for the HBA. For example:

   cfgadm -c unconfigure c3
   cfgadm -c unconfigure c4
   ..
   cfgadm -c disconnect pcie6ether/hp???
   

5. Use the cfgadm -c disconnect command to prepare the HBA for removal.

   A blinking Power LED indicates that the HBA is being prepared for removal. A dark Power LED indicates that the HBA is ready to be removed.