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CHAPTER 6 PCI Express card Hot Maintenance in Windows
6.1 Overview of Hot Maintenance
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PCI Express card Hot CHAPTER 6
Maintenance in Windows
This chapter describes the hot plugging procedure for PCI Express cards in Windows. Hot plugging is
supported only in Windows Server 2008 R2/ Windows Server 2012/ Windows Server 2012 R2.
This procedure is for the PRIMEQUEST 2400E/2800E/2800B.
6.1 Overview of Hot Maintenance
The hot plugging procedure includes the common steps for all PCI Express cards and the additional steps
required for a card function or driver. This section describes both the operations required for all cards and the
operations required for combinations with a specific card and specific software.
Overview of hot plugging
You can add and replace cards by using the hot plugging supported by Windows Server 2008 R2 and 2012.
This chapter describes the operating system commands required for card replacement, together with the
actual hardware operations. For details on the overall flow, see 6.1.1 Overall flow.
Common hot plugging procedure for PCI Express cards
This chapter concretely describes the required tasks in the common replacement procedure for all PCI
Express cards. For details on the common hot plugging procedure for PCI Express cards, see 6.2 Common
Hot Plugging Procedure for PCI Express cards.
Hot plugging procedure for each type of card
This chapter describes procedures with the required additional steps for certain cards. The section contains
procedures for NICs (network cards) and FC cards (Fibre Channel cards). For details on NIC hot plugging,
see 6.3 NIC Hot Plugging. For details on FC card hot plugging, see 6.4 FC Card Hot Plugging.
For the respective procedures required for cards other than the above cards, see the related hardware and
software manuals as well as this chapter. Usually, these cards (NICs and FC cards) are used in a
combination with duplication software (Intel PROSET/ETERNUS multipath driver). This chapter describes the
procedure needed for a NIC or FC card used in combination with such duplication software, and the
procedure needed for a NIC or FC card used alone.
Note
The procedures include operations for related software. Depending on the configuration, the procedures may
differ or require additional operations. When doing the actual work, be sure to see the related product
manuals.
6.1.1 Overall flow
This section shows the overall flow of hot plugging.
The following procedures are required for all types of cards for PCI Hot Plug support in the current version of
Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2. If an operation is required for a specific type of PCI Express
card, the operation is described in the relevant procedure. The contents of an operation depend on the
software to be combined with the card.
Replacement procedure
1. Confirm the physical location, segment number, and bus number.
2. Disable PCI cards to be replaced by using Device Manager.
3. Stop PCI cards to be replaced by using safely remove devices from computer.
4. Replace PCI card by using MMB Maintenance Wizard. [Field Engineer’s (FE) work]
5. Confirm the replaced card by using Device Manager.
Note