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IMPORTANT

OLA/R Overview and Concepts

Important Terms and Concepts

Important Terms and Concepts

Terms used in this section
TermMeaning

 

 

OLA/R

All aspects of the OLA/R feature

 

including On-line Addition

 

(OLA) and On-line Replacement

 

(OLR).

 

 

Power Domain

A grouping of 1 or more

 

interface card slots that are

 

powered on or off as a unit.

 

 

target card / target card slot

The interface card which will be

 

added or replaced using OLA/R,

 

and the card slot it resides in.

 

 

affected card / affected card

Interface cards and the card

slot

slots they reside in and are in

 

the same power domain as the

 

target slot.

 

 

In many cases, other interface cards and slots within the system are dependent upon the target card. For example:

If the target card slot is in a power domain and you temporarily stop power to the target card slot, you will also stop power to any other card slots (affected card slots) in that power domain.

If the target card is a multiple-function card (MFC), suspending or deleting drivers for the target card slot also suspends individual drivers for the multiple hardware paths on that card).

During a card replacement operation, SMH performs a Critical Resource Analysis, which checks the target card for critical resources that would be lost when the card is shut down.

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