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Chapter 4
Removal and Replacement
Removing and Replacing a PCI Card
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Removing and Replacing a PCI Card
The PCI cards are located in the rear of the chassis in the PCI card cage. PCI cards are hot swappable
components.
CAUTION Observe all ESD safety precautions before attempting this procedure. Failure to follow ESD
safety precautions could result in damage to the server.
Figure 4-19 PCI Cards
Removing and Replacing a PCI Card
You can remove and replace a PCI I/O card by using the SAM (/usr/sbin/sam) application or by using
Partition Manager (/opt/parmgr/bin/parmgr).
This procedure describes how to perform an online replacement of a PCI card using SAM, for cards whose
drivers support online add or replacement (OLAR).
IMPORTANT Some PCI I/O cards cannot be added or replaced online (while HP-UX remains running). For
these cards, you must shut down HP-UX on the nPartition before performing the card
replacement or addition. See “Shutting Down nPartitions and Powering Off Hardware
Components” on page 58.
Step 1. Run SAM (/usr/sbin/sam) and from the main SAM Areas screen select the
Peripheral Devices area,
then select the
Cards area.
Step 2. From the I/O Cards screen, select the card you will replace and then select the
Actions—>Replace
menu item.