3.2.5 Hot plug task
The hot plug task provides software function for those devices that support
Depending on the environment and the software packages installed, selecting this task displays the following three subtasks:
PCI hot plug manager
SCSI hot swap manager
RAID hot plug devices
The following section covers the SCSI hot swap manager tasks that are required to handle the
SCSI hot swap manager
This task was known as SCSI Device Identification and Removal or Identify and Remove Resources in some previous releases. This task allows the user to identify, add, remove, and replace a SCSI device in a system unit that uses a SCSI Enclosure Services (SES) device.
Table
Table
SCSI hot swap manager functions | Description |
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List the SES devices | All the SCSI |
| Status information about each slot is also available. The |
| status information available includes the slot number, |
| device name, whether the slot is populated and |
| configured, and location. |
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Identify a device attached to an SES | This function is used to help identify the location of a |
device | device attached to a SES device. This function lists all the |
| slots that support hot swap that are occupied or empty. |
| When a slot is selected for identification, the visual |
| indicator for the slot is set to the Identify state. |
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Attach a device to an SES device | All empty |
| of a new device are listed. After a slot is selected, the |
| power is removed. If available, the visual indicator for the |
| selected slot is set to the Remove state. After the device is |
| added, the visual indicator for the selected slot is set to the |
| Normal state, and power is restored. |
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|
Replace or remove a device attached to | All populated |
an SES device | or replacement of the devices are listed. |
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