OLA/R Overview and Concepts

Introduction

Introduction

IMPORTANT

The letters O, L, A and R stand for On Line Addition [and] Replacement. This, of course, refers to the ability of a PCI I/O card to be replaced/added to an HP-UX computer system designed to support this feature without the need for completely shutting down, then re-booting the system or affecting other system components. The system hardware uses the per-slot power control combined with operating system support to enable this feature.

Initially, not all add-in cards will have this capability but over time users should see many cards adding this capability to their set of functions.

Certain “Classes” of hardware are not intended for access by users. At this time this includes Z-class (SuperDome) systems. HP recommends that these systems only be opened by a qualified HP Engineer. Failure to observe this requirement can invalidate any support agreement or warantee to which the owner might otherwise be entitled.

IMPORTANT

For those wishing to use OLAR, your system may need to update its system firmware. For additional details, please refer to the "Read Before Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i v3" document.

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