Appendix E. Hot Plug Support
The IBM Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapters are enabled for use in selected servers
equipped with hot plug capability, including IBM Netfinity Hot Plug capable-servers,
running Windows NT 4.0 and NetWare 5.0, 4.2, or 4.1x.
For NetWare Hot Plug, make sure you have the latest NetWare support pack before
setting up hot plug. Refer to your server’s documentation for more information on
setting up and using NetWare Hot Plug.
For Windows NT 4.0 Hot Plug with IBM Netfinity Hot Plug capable-servers, the IBM
Netfinity 10/100 Ethernet Adapters, at this time, support the Hot Add and Hot Swap
functions.
Hot Add
With the server running, an adapter can be installed to an open hot plug PCI slot
without having to shutdown and reboot the server. Multiple adapters can be hot
added to multiple open hot plug PCI slots.
Hot Swap
With the server running and with an adapter fault tolerant team in place( also known
as a fail-over team), if one of the adapters in the team fails, you can swap the
failing adapter with a new adapter without having to shut down or reboot the server.
For details on how to set up and run IBM Hot Plug, follow the Readme and
instructions in the Hotplug directory of the Installation and Drivers CD shipped with
the adapter
You can also visit the IBM Support web site at:
http://www.networking.ibm.com/support
Notes:
1. If you replace an adapter in a hot plug slot, do not place the removed adapter
back into the same network until the server has rebooted. The two adapters
may have the same Ethernet address and create a resource conflict.
2. Hot Swap is only for replacing a failing adapter in an existing adapter team in
your server. If you form a new adapter team, the server will have to be rebooted
for Hot Swap to work with the new adapter team.
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