Remove a PCIe Card Carrier
The SPARC T8-4 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.
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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.
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Take the necessary ESD precautions.
See Prevent ESD Damage.
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Locate the PCIe card carrier at the rear of the server.
See Determine Which PCIe Card Is Faulty to locate a faulty PCIe card.
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Determine if you are removing a PCIe card carrier from a running
server.
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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.
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If you are removing a PCIe card carrier from a powered-down server, go
to Step 5.
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Take one of these actions to bring the PCIe card offline.
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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.
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Use the hotplug command to bring the card
offline:
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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
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Bring the PCIe card offline.
For example:
# hotplug disable PCIE7
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Verify that the PCIe card status is
PRESENT.
For example:
# hotplug list -cv PCIE7
Connection State Description
______________________________________________________________________________
PCIE7 PRESENT PCIe-Native
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Verify that the card's green Power OK LED is off.
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Disconnect any cables connected to the PCIe card.
Tip -
Label the cables to ensure proper connection to the replacement PCIe
card.
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Pull the PCIe card carrier handle down to disengage the carrier from the card
cage.
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Remove the PCIe card carrier from the server.