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CHAPTER 6 PCI Express card Hot Maintenance in Windows
6.4 FC Card Hot Plugging
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Note
As the follow, right-click target device in Device Manager, if there are [Enable] in displayed menu, check
[Enable].
(In case of [Disable], this work is not necessary)
6.3.2 Hot plugging a non-redundant NIC
This section describes the hot plugging procedure in networks without redundancy (a NIC is not incorporated
into teaming).
Replace NIC with ‘6.2.1 Replacement procedure’ in ‘6.2 Common Hot Plugging Procedure for PCI Express
cards’.
6.3.3 NIC addition procedure
Referring to ‘6.2 Common Hot Plugging Procedure for PCI Express cards’, add a NIC.
6.4 FC Card Hot Plugging
For FC card hot plugging (replacement), you need to especially consider other matters in addition to the
procedure described in ‘6.2 Common Hot Plugging Procedure for PCI Express cards’.
The hot plugging of an FC card changes the WWN of the FC card if the WWN is set on an FC switch or RAID
device (ETERNUS). For details on how to set the WWN again for a new card, see the respective device
manuals. This section describes hot plugging of an FC card combined with ETERNUS MPD (multipath driver).
It is required that the firmware version of new FC card is same as that of the FC card which had been
replaced. If the firmware version of new FC card is coincident with that of the FC card which had been
replaced (current firmware version), it is not necessary to update the firmware version of new FC card to
current firmware version.
If the firmware version of new FC card is not coincident with that of the FC card which had been replaced
(current firmware version), update the firmware version of new FC card to current firmware version.
For how to update the firmware version, see firmware update manual for fibre channel card.
Notes
- FC cards at PCI Segment Mode are not valid.
- SAN boot paths are not valid.
- LTO library devices are not supported.
- Depending on the Windows specifications, if the FC card connection destination has a Page File or other
such paging scheme, FC card hot plugging may not be supported.