Pci Hot Plug Utility For Windows Nt; Opening The Hot Plug Utility - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr User Manual

1 PCI Hot Plug Utility for Windows NT

Opening the Hot Plug Utility

Use this topic only for Microsoft's Windows NT 4.0 on the HP NetServer LXr
8500 using the software utility to perform PCI Hot Plug Replacement (or Online
Replacement) operations. This topic and its subsequent topics describe how to
turn power Off and On to the PCI slots (P1-P10) using the PCI Hot Plug Utility.
For Novell's NetWare 5 NOS, go to the topics under Chapter 2 "Hot Plug
Replacement (NetWare)".
CAUTION
The PCI board is only Hot Plug-capable if it has a hot plug compliant driver
available and installed on the HP NetServer. If the PCI board is not Hot Plug-
capable, remove and replace the board with the HP NetServer's power turned off.
Microsoft's Windows NT 4.0 does not, by itself, support hot plug replacement,
but HP Configuration Assistant on the HP Navigator CD-ROM, installs the PCI
Hot Plug Utility on the NT server, along with the system software and the drivers
for some of the HP supported PCI Hot Plug boards. Through this Utility,
Windows NT 4.0 does support hot replacement of identical boards. The PCI Hot
Plug Utility is also found in the diskette library on the Navigator CD-ROM. If
using manual installation, follow the installation instructions found in the
readme.txt file to install the Utility on the NT NetServer.
The Hot Plug Utility is used to replace the PCI Hot Plug board in a four-step
process:
1. Turning power off to the PCI slot
2. Removing the PCI board
3. Replacing the PCI board
4. Turning power on to the PCI slot
The Hot Plug Utility is used to turn power off to the PCI slot before removing the
PCI board, and then after replacing the PCI board, it is used to turn power back on
To prevent a system crash or hang, never remove a PCI board
from a slot with power on. Always use the Hot Plug Utility to
turn power off to the Hot Plug slot before performing any
replacements.
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